你不要抽了吧
“Stop smoking, will you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以 我必须得叫你过来 你来 我心里才有底
“That's why I had to call you over. I only feel confident with you here.”
你不要抽了 吧
“Stop smoking, will you?”
“The kid is choking. She needs to protect her voice!”
“Please put that cigarette out right now, it is bothering the child.”
In Chinese social interaction, directly ordering someone to stop smoking can cause loss of face, so speakers soften the command using suggestive particles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how about not doing... anymore / let's not...
A gentle, softening structure used to dissuade someone from continuing an action without sounding bossy.
Indicates a change of state, prompting the interlocutor to cease the ongoing action.
Softens the imperative into a gentle suggestion or polite plea.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“cigarettes you gave me last time. -Take it. -No.”
“If you don't smoke, why buy them?”
“I'll smack you!”
“stop this!”
“Stop joking.”
“Don't open it.”