前段时间我俩有点忙
“We were a bit busy lately.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没照顾好自己吧
“Did you not take good care of yourselves?”
前段时间 我俩 有点忙
“We were a bit busy lately.”
后面我们一定好好吃饭
“We'll definitely eat well later.”
“Don't worry, we didn't neglect ourselves on purpose; work was just overwhelming.”
Asking whether someone has eaten well is a core expression of love and concern among Chinese elders; explaining busyness is the standard polite reassurance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
some time ago / recently
A highly common spoken time expression referring to an unspecified recent period.
the two of us
A colloquial northern Chinese contraction of 我们俩 used to refer to oneself and a partner or friend.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really was busy before.”
“I think I'll be pretty busy by then.”
“Sometimes when it gets busy, we have to wash two or three times a day.”
“I admit it. The company's been too busy lately.”