不是说了带费霆回家吃饭吗 就吃这个呀
“I said I'd bring Fei Ting home for dinner. This is all we're having?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爸 阿姨 叔叔
“Dad. Mrs. Lin. Mr. Lin.”
不是说了 带费霆 回家吃饭 吗 就吃这个 呀
“I said I'd bring Fei Ting home for dinner. This is all we're having?”
家里那么多张嘴等着呢 哪能顿顿吃好的呀
“There are so many mouths to feed. We can't eat well at every meal.”
“This food is way too plain for an invited guest; are you trying to embarrass me?”
In Chinese culture, serving plain food to an invited prospective partner or important guest is seen as disrespectful and a loss of face for the host.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't we say / didn't we agree
Rhetorical opener used to remind someone of a prior plan while expressing dissatisfaction.
we're just eating this?
Expresses disappointment or disbelief at the poor quality or lack of food.
Forms a rhetorical question that expresses mild reproach about a broken agreement.
Softens the rhetorical criticism, expressing surprise and dissatisfaction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This is what Fei Ting went home to get.”
“I'm not freeloading. I asked Fei Ting to buy some food from the restaurant.”
“Fei Ting, have some meat.”
“Now that you've married into the Feis, you shouldn't even come back here for lunch.”
“can you accept the real Fei Ting?”
“I want to take Fei Ni home for lunch this weekend.”