看你爸妈忙得 连说句话的工夫都没有
“Your parents were too busy to even say a word.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想买个干鲍 特意去了你爸妈的店
“I wanted to buy dried abalone, so I went to your parents' store.”
看你 爸妈 忙得 连 说句话 的 工夫都没有
“Your parents were too busy to even say a word.”
“They've always been like that, working their whole lives. They just can't stop.”
“Your parents work so hard, it made me feel a bit concerned for them.”
Small business owners of older generations in China often dedicate every waking hour to their trade, which is widely seen as an enduring sign of family sacrifice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a brief moment to exchange words
Use '工夫' (gōngfu) to describe a very short duration or spare window of time.
don't even have...
A classic emphatic structure used to highlight an extreme lack of something, like time or money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But my dad is too busy to come here.”
“Your dad and I aren't capable people, but we did try our best.”
“(Your parents just came back.) (Their job aren't settled.)”
“Lately, I've been pretty busy too. Not much time spent with you.”
“You're so busy, and neglecting your own mother? Good thing I saw her today.”
“you heard what Mom and Dad said. Their jobs aren't settled yet.”