诶呦 咱们能吃得完吗 怎么了
“- Hey, can we really finish this? - What's wrong?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我吃得了
“I can finish it.”
诶呦 咱们 能 吃得完 吗 怎么了
“- Hey, can we really finish this? - What's wrong?”
抠样
“You're so stingy.”
“You ordered way too much food and it's a total waste of money.”
At Chinese dining tables, there is often a tension between generous ordering to show hospitality and the practical desire to avoid waste and overspending.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to finish eating
A potential complement expressing the ability to consume all the food.
oh dear; good grief
An exclamation showing surprise, exasperation, or mild distress.
Marks a genuine question coupled with doubt about finishing the meal.
Used in '怎么了' to ask about a change of situation or state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What do you think we do for a living?”
“Then what about us? We've got to eat, you know!”
“You actually underestimated us.”