不是 你 你请他干什么 他确实帮过咱
“What? You... Why do you want to treat him? He did help us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I want to treat people who have helped us. Like Gao Xiang. And...”
不是 你 你请 他 干什么 他 确实 帮过咱
“What? You... Why do you want to treat him? He did help us.”
而且还不止一次呢
“And more than once.”
“I really don't want to invite him, but I suppose we can't ignore the debt we owe him.”
Inviting someone for a meal is the quintessential Chinese method of repaying 'renqing' (interpersonal favors), making it difficult to exclude even undesirable guests if they have helped you.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why invite him?; what's the point of inviting him?
A rhetorical question pattern ('干什么') expressing skepticism or disapproval of an action.
has helped us out
'咱' is a colloquial, inclusive pronoun for 'us', often used in Northern Chinese to emphasize shared bonds.
