你自己不就是 开加油站的嘛
“Don't you run a gas station yourself?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You need me to refuel your car?”
你 自己 不就是 开加油站 的嘛
“Don't you run a gas station yourself?”
我们全家人 不都老到你那儿加油吗
“Don't our whole family always go to your place to refuel?”
“You don't need my pep talk—you're the fuel expert yourself!”
'Jiayou' literally means 'add oil' (fueling a vehicle) but is ubiquitously used as the primary Chinese idiom for cheering someone on; native speakers love exploiting this dual meaning for wordplay.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it simply... / aren't you just...
A rhetorical grammatical frame used to emphasize an obvious fact that undermines the previous premise.
cheer on; encourage and pump someone up
A common idiom meaning to boost morale or encourage someone facing a challenge.
Highlights an obvious fact that the listener should already know, delivering it with an affectionate or explanatory nuance.
