人没到礼先到了
“Look, Officer Zhu sent a gift before he even arrived.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Look, Officer Zhu sent a gift before he even arrived.”
人没到礼先到了
“Look, Officer Zhu sent a gift before he even arrived.”
还 还有我这个
“And this is from me.”
“Look how tactful and respectful he is—even though he couldn't make it, he made sure his gift did.”
In Chinese relational culture (guanxi), sending a gift ahead when one cannot personally attend shows tremendous respect, ensuring mianzi (face) is fully preserved.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the person has not arrived, but the gift arrives beforehand
A popular conversational idiom used to praise someone who sends a present or greeting ahead of time when unable to attend in person.
Marks a completed event and signals the speaker's sudden realization of the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's first come, first served.”
“Come in. No one's here.”
“this isn't about who came first.”
“Before the store is open, there's already a long queue outside.”
“(after everyone else.)”
“Guess they're not coming while we're down a player.”