你把摊砸了 一会吃什么
“If you mess up the stall, then what are we gonna eat?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好了 好了 陆鸣
“Alright. Lu Ming.”
你 把摊砸了 一会 吃什么
“If you mess up the stall, then what are we gonna eat?”
没事
“It's okay.”
“Calm down and stop making a scene!”
Among close friends or partners in China, instead of lecturing someone when they are angry, it is common to use mundane, food-related humor to ground them and defuse tension.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
smash the stall / ruin the setup
Literally means destroying a street vendor's stall, and is also used figuratively ('砸场子') to mean ruining someone's event or business.
in a little while / in a moment
Often pronounced with 'erhua' as '一会儿' (yīhuìr) in Northern Mandarin to refer to the immediate future.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then we're splitting the bill today. No way.”
“Most of the customers are stall owners. If you don't mind, you can choose there.”
“Let's pack up the stall. Alright.”
“It was you who sent men to smash my shop?”
“That stall is yours now. Go tidy it up.”
“a lot of mess for him.”