对不住 对不住 来 这一杯我自罚 好吧
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就爱说一些扫兴的话 不存在不存在
对不住 对不住 来 这一杯我 自罚 好吧
你别别 别动别动 我自罚 我自罚 你们别理他
“I messed up the mood, so let me take a shot to make it even and move past this.”
In Chinese drinking culture, voluntarily downing a drink serves as an accepted ritual to smooth over social blunders or tardiness without protracted debate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sorry / my apologies
A very common colloquial apology used among peers and informal acquaintances.
penalize oneself (usually by drinking a toast)
Crucial banquet vocabulary when admitting a social faux pas or arriving late.
Softens the offer into a polite request for consensus from the table.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sorry. Sorry. What are you talking about?”
“I'm sorry. Why do you need to apologize to me?”
“let you down.”
“I'm sorry. What do you mean by that?”
“I'm sorry. I thought you were a tenant.”
“I'm sorry.”