既然你担心他 就好好看着他
“Since you're worried about him, just keep a close eye on him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也许吧
“Maybe.”
既然 你 担心 他 就好 好 看着 他
“Since you're worried about him, just keep a close eye on him.”
“What do you mean "maybe"? Y-You have no idea?”
“Stop just worrying to me about it—go take care of him yourself.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, worry is often met with direct, practical directives rather than purely verbal comfort, pushing the worried party to take concrete responsibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since... then...
Use this structure to establish an already accepted premise and propose a logical next step or command.
keep a close eye on / watch carefully
Commonly used when telling someone to supervise a person, child, or belonging attentively.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He looked pretty worried about you.”
“I'm watching his phone. Don't worry.”
“I'm worried that if he finds out,”
“Seeing him like that, I was afraid something would happen to him.”
“Do you want to just watch him lose the will to go on?”
“I'm just worried that something might have happened to him.”