半辈子都没有这么忙过
“I've never been this busy in my life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不要挑我理了 你都不知道这个年 我过得有多累
“Don't nitpick. You have no idea how tired I am these days.”
半辈子 都 没有 这么忙过
“I've never been this busy in my life.”
跟我去机场接娟儿 到我家去
“Let's go pick up Juan and go to my house.”
“I'm completely drained from entertaining and family chores, cut me some slack!”
Chinese New Year entails intense social obligations, cooking, banqueting, and hosting relatives, often leaving hosts physically and emotionally exhausted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
half a lifetime
Used colloquially as hyperbole to emphasize how rare or extreme an experience feels.
find fault with me; nitpick my etiquette
A northern Chinese colloquialism used when asking someone to overlook minor social slights.