好说歹说的 才把她给劝回来了
“We begged and pleaded and finally talked her into coming back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我…我们
“We…”
好说歹说 的 才把她给劝 回来了
“We begged and pleaded and finally talked her into coming back.”
可是 她回来没几天 她又跑了
“But… after a few days, she ran off again.”
“We did everything humanly possible to talk sense into her.”
In Chinese family disputes, relatives rarely rely on formal contracts or legal steps first; instead, they employ intense personal cajoling ('好说歹说') to preserve the domestic unit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by trying every kind of persuasion; through earnest cajoling and pleading
A very useful set phrase describing exhausting all polite, gentle, and firm arguments to convince someone.
only then managed to persuade ... to come back
A disposal '把' construction paired with '才' indicating the persuasion was exceptionally difficult.
Marks the completion of a difficult action (persuading her back).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I kept saying you'd be back today.”
“Of course, of course.”
“You're too kind.”
“We can talk everything out. Shut up.”
“- Talk it out! - Calm down! You're family! Why fight?”
“To be fair, you do look quite sharp now.”