今天啊 做饭的事就交给我了 你们出去等着啊
“Today, leave the cooking to me. You go wait outside.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没在这么大的厨房里做过饭了
“since I last cooked in a kitchen this big.”
今天 啊 做饭的事就 交给我了 你们 出去 等着 啊
“Today, leave the cooking to me. You go wait outside.”
“Go wait outside. Just wait to eat. Go on ahead.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese hospitality, a good host or eager family member will insist on doing all the kitchen work alone, playfully shooing guests or elders into the living room to show care and respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
leave it to me; I've got this covered
A confident, reassuring phrase used when volunteering to take full responsibility for a task.
go outside and wait
Often used affectionately by hosts or family cooks to shoo guests out of the kitchen so they can rest.
Used after 'today' as a topic pause marker, and at the end of the sentence to make the command sound warm and caring.
Indicates a settled decision that the cooking task is now officially in the speaker's hands.
