我可给了他一天时间啊 他可好浪费一天
“I gave him a whole day. Yet he wasted a whole day, and even brought my mother here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是我的错
“It's all my fault.”
我可给了他一天 时间 啊 他 可好 浪费一天
“I gave him a whole day. Yet he wasted a whole day, and even brought my mother here.”
还把丈母娘给他搬出来当救兵
“Yet he wasted a whole day, and even brought my mother here.”
“I was more than generous with him, yet he completely blew it and disrespected my kindness.”
In Chinese interpersonal ethics, giving someone an allowance of time or leeway is a sign of favor; wasting it damages trust and provokes justified anger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
look at what he did; he goes and...
An ironic spoken formula highlighting the contrast between expectations and someone's disappointing behavior.
to waste; to squander
Frequently followed by quantities of time or money.
Adds emotional emphasis to highlight how generous the speaker was.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He asked me to give him some time.”
“We'll give him some time to find a scapegoat.”
“Give me a day to think about it. Absolutely not.”
“There isn't much time left to waste.”
“Two days. I need them within two days. Okay.”
“Does he have time? This isn't something that can be solved in a day or two.”