阿姨 您别忙了 我都喝不下了
“Ma'am, thank you. I'm too full to have anything else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
喝茶
“Have some tea.”
阿姨 您 别忙了 我都 喝不下了
“Ma'am, thank you. I'm too full to have anything else.”
“Thank you so much for your hospitality, please sit down and relax so I don't feel guilty making you work.”
Chinese hosts show warmth by constantly refilling tea and offering food; a polite guest is expected to protest gently and urge the host to stop working.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
please don't trouble yourself; stop fussing
Essential polite phrase for guests to say when a Chinese host is busy pouring tea, cutting fruit, or preparing food.
cannot drink any more (due to being full)
A natural resultative complement structure used to politely decline more drinks or food at a host's table.
Marks a change of state, indicating that the speaker has reached capacity and that the host should cease the ongoing action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Madam, please do not get worked up.”
“Auntie, please don't say that.”
“Mrs. Qi, please don't think like that.”
“Madam, you are overthinking it.”
“Madam, you've heard about it? Yes. That's right.”
“I'd like to ask you for a favor.”