你这来都来了 也不上去坐一坐
“Since you're already here, why don't you go up and sit for a while?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
坐
“Sit.”
你这 来都来了 也不 上去 坐一坐
“Since you're already here, why don't you go up and sit for a while?”
我爸妈还等着看看你呢
“My parents are waiting to meet you.”
“You made the effort to come all the way here, so it would be rude to leave without seeing my family.”
Known humorously as one of China's core behavioral mantras, this phrase leverages the sunk cost of travel to persuade guests to stay or accept hospitality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since you're already here; now that you've made the trip
A classic Chinese sunk-cost rationale universally deployed to convince someone to stay, eat, or participate.
drop by; sit down for a while
A polite, casual euphemism for visiting someone's home briefly.
Functions within '来都来了' to emphasize that the state of having arrived is already an established fact.
