你也别回家了 你回什么家呀
“You're not going home. Going home? What for?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll show you my bad temper.”
你也别回家了 你 回什么家呀
“You're not going home. Going home? What for?”
留在这儿陪我过年吧
“Stay here and spend the Chinese New Year with me.”
“Don't leave me alone—stay here with me instead.”
Inviting someone not to return home for Chinese New Year signifies an exceptionally close, emotionally intimate relationship, as the holiday is traditionally reserved exclusively for family reunion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why bother going home / no need to go home
The rhetorical pattern 'Verb + 什么 + Object' dismisses the validity or necessity of the action.
Indicates a proposed change of situation or cessation of a planned action.
Softens the rhetorical dismissal into an affectionate or cajoling appeal.
