李镇长 你看 我要照顾她生意 她还老大不乐意呢
“Ms. Li, see? I'm trying to support her business, yet she refuses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Didn't you just get a perm in Hong Kong?”
李镇长 你看 我要 照顾 她生意 她 还 老大不乐意 呢
“Ms. Li, see? I'm trying to support her business, yet she refuses.”
我绝对没有这个意思的
“I don't mean that.”
“Look how uncooperative she is being even when I am trying to give her money.”
Bringing an authority figure into a petty, lighthearted dispute is a common social lubricant used to build camaraderie and break formality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
patronize someone's business / give business to someone
A polite and common Chinese expression used when visiting a friend's or acquaintance's shop to support them.
very reluctant / highly displeased
An idiomatic spoken Northern expression where '老大' serves as an intensifier meaning 'very much' or 'greatly'.
Marks an unexpected contrast or invites the listener to pay attention to an ongoing absurd situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ms. Li, don't worry. I'm keeping an eye on it.”
“Ms. Li was worried, so she brought me.”
“Ms. Li, I'll accept any punishment you give.”
“Ms. Li, don't take it to heart.”
“Ms. Li, I'm sorry to trouble you.”
“Ms. Li, let me finish. Don't rush.”