我这都瞎弄的 比不上你那些大好的宴席啊
“I just threw this together. Nothing compared to those big banquets.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Forget it. We'll celebrate ourselves. - Come on. - Let's go.”
我这都 瞎弄 的 比不上 你那些大 好的 宴席啊
“I just threw this together. Nothing compared to those big banquets.”
大宴席算什么呀
“What do big banquets matter?”
“Please enjoy the simple food, even though someone of your status is used to much better.”
Chinese hosts routinely deprecate their hospitality and meals to display modesty (谦虚) and grant maximum face to their guests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thrown together haphazardly / cooked carelessly
A very common self-deprecating expression used by hosts to describe home-cooked meals.
cannot compare to / inferior to
Standard formulaic phrase used in comparative compliments and modest self-effacement.
Adds an open, amiable warmth to the polite self-deprecation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Forget it. Do it for me again. No chance.”
“You're just guessing at this point. Seriously.”
“your idea of hosting a palace banquet works better.”
“They call it a palace banquet, but it's just for showing off,”
“Are you blind?”
“pulling a stunt like this is just making our lives difficult.”