要不然这孩子饿了 肯定邻居家吃饭去了 是不是
“Otherwise, when he is hungry, he goes to the neighbor's home to eat. Doesn't he?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“when it is time to have a meal, you must cook for him.”
要不然 这孩子 饿了 肯定 邻居家吃饭 去了 是不是
“Otherwise, when he is hungry, he goes to the neighbor's home to eat. Doesn't he?”
“Anyway, you take this place as a hotel. Why do you care so much?”
“You are neglecting our child so badly that he has to beg neighbors for food.”
In traditional Chinese neighborhoods, close ties mean neighbors readily feed neglected children, but this brings severe loss of face to parents who fail their domestic duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise / or else
Used at the start of a sentence to introduce an alternative logical deduction or consequence.
it is mealtime
A common colloquial expression indicating that the usual hour for lunch or dinner has arrived.
Marks the completed change of state regarding the child getting hungry or having already gone to eat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Look how hungry the kid is”
“Sweetheart, are you hungry?”
“Maybe I've gone too long without eating.”
“Xixi might be hungry when she comes out.”
“He worries if you are eating well, and sleeping well,”
“We've been hungry for a while.”