艳儿 我以前还干过瓦工啊 木工我都干过
“You know, Meiyan, I've also done masonry and carpentry work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“- Thank you. - No problem. You know, Meiyan, I've also done masonry”
艳儿 我 以前 还 干过 瓦工 啊 木工我都 干过
“You know, Meiyan, I've also done masonry and carpentry work.”
“I can even fix leaks.”
“See how capable and handy I am? I can take care of you and your home.”
In working-class or traditional Chinese contexts, possessing practical household repair skills (craftsmanship) is a prized, reliable masculine quality used to court women by proving one can maintain a household.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have worked as; have done
Colloquial way to describe past work experience or manual trade jobs.
bricklayer; mason
Refers to traditional manual construction work dealing with bricks, mortar, and roofing tiles.
carpenter; woodworking
Common skilled manual trade often cited in China to indicate hands-on capability.
Serves as an assertive pause to draw the listener's focus to his impressive background.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Juan, let's show her. How domineering.”
“Qian, we're working here?”
“Juan has such bad luck.”
“Qian, I never thought I'd ever make 10,000 a month.”
“Listen to me. Just lie down. Don't do anything.”
“What's wrong with that silly girl Xie Yong'er today?”