哪有时间吃喝玩乐呀 再说南京那么大
“I won't have time to have fun. Besides, Nanjing is huge,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'm going to Nanjing for something serious— the birthday inkstick competition.”
哪有时间 吃喝玩乐 呀 再说 南京那么大
“I won't have time to have fun. Besides, Nanjing is huge,”
“and I've never been there before. I don't even know the roads,”
“Don't accuse me of having fun—I'm going there under huge pressure and have no intention to goof off.”
Emphasizing serious business (正经事) over self-indulgence (吃喝玩乐) is crucial in Chinese social morality to demonstrate responsibility and diligence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
eating, drinking, and having fun; indulging in pleasure
A common four-character idiom describing leisurely indulgence or frivolous entertainment.
how could there be any time
A rhetorical question pattern used to firmly deny having spare time for something.
Adds emotional intensity and emphasis to the rhetorical question.
