你帮我照顾 我老爸来着嘛
“take care of my dad before.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有一年春节
“You helped me”
你 帮我照顾 我老爸 来着 嘛
“take care of my dad before.”
贾老板
“Mr. Jia?”
“Remember how close we are and the favor you did for my family back then.”
Citing past favors done during significant occasions like Spring Festival reinforces personal goodwill and reciprocity in Chinese relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
look after my dad
A colloquial way to refer to taking care of an elderly parent.
used at the end of a sentence to recall a past action or state
Common in northern spoken Chinese when recollecting a past event that slipped one's mind or needs confirmation.
Suggests that the fact being stated is obvious or mutually known between the speakers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I will help you take care of this friend of yours.”
“- Is that how you take care of Dad? - That's outrageous. Isn't this just a typical case of”
“you took such good care of my dad.”
“It's because I have to come here to take care of my husband.”
“take good care of him for me.”
“It's hard for my mom to take care of herself, but she still has to take care of my father.”