咱们是一家人 不说两家话
“We're family. So let's speak frankly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对
“Yeah.”
咱们 是一家人 不说两家话
“We're family. So let's speak frankly.”
你想让我去你们医院
“You want me to work at your hospital.”
“We are practically family, so help me out and consider coming to our hospital.”
Claiming that both parties are 'one family' eliminates conversational distance, subtly binding the listener to honor communal solidarity and grant favors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
family members don't speak like outsiders / we are too close to stand on ceremony
A very common Chinese idiom used to dismiss formal politeness between close associates and signal mutual loyalty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“From now on, we're family. No need for thanks between family.”
“We're family. No need to stand on ceremony.”
“since we're a family, there's no need to thank me.”
“We're all one family. So let's not talk like strangers.”
“our family is finally together. It's not easy for us to talk.”
“We're family, right?”