那是装修 那装修累的
“That's because of decoration. I was tired.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看前两天都病倒了
“Look. You even fell ill a few days ago.”
那是 装修 那 装修 累的
“That's because of decoration. I was tired.”
还有您那腰间盘
“You have problems with your lumbar disc”
“Don't overreact, it was just temporary fatigue from manual renovation work, not a major health issue.”
Family members in Chinese culture often rationalize physical breakdown as temporary hard work rather than real health deterioration to avoid creating anxiety.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that was because of...
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to promptly clarify or correct someone's misunderstanding about the cause of an event.
caused by exhaustion / tired out
A colloquial nominalized predicate attributing a bad physical condition or symptom directly to overwork or fatigue.
Affirms the cause of the condition with certainty, serving to explain the underlying reason.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's a renovation. A renovation. Stop trying to fool me.”
“he would have helped me with decoration, procedures and others.”
“You work in renovations. How would you know that?”
“It's about construction and building materials.”
“That is not necessary. Renovate it if you want. No need.”
“like matters related to the house or renovations,”