一碗馎饦而已 很简单
“It's just a simple meal.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还会做饭
“You can actually cook?”
一碗馎饦 而已 很简单
“It's just a simple meal.”
“It was no trouble at all; don't make a fuss over it.”
Chinese etiquette encourages hosts or cooks to downplay their efforts by calling food simple or crude, deflecting excessive praise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that's all; nothing more; merely
Placed at the end of a clause to diminish importance, cost, or difficulty.
botuo (an ancient Chinese boiled dough drop or noodle dish)
A historical culinary term for pulled or pinched dough cooked in soup.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He wants me to agree to marry him just over a bowl of wonton? That's too easy.”
“Free refills on rice if it's not enough!”
“Four wontons, one non-spicy. Okay, just a sec. Coming right up.”
“I haven't finished my bowl of wontons yet!”
“and think of it as rice. Get a few spoonfuls.”
“Two bowls of wontons, please. Okay. Sit wherever you like.”