他现在忙得 连我都顾不上喽
“He's too busy to talk to me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您听到了吧
“Did you hear that?”
他现在忙得 连我都 顾不上 喽
“He's too busy to talk to me.”
这样吧
“How about this?”
“He has no time for me anymore, though it just shows how important his work has become.”
Chinese parents often lament to outsiders that their children are 'too busy for them,' which functions culturally as humblebragging about their child's hard work and success.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot attend to / unable to care for
A potential complement structure used when someone has no time, energy, or attention left to manage another matter.
so busy that...
Used before a descriptive clause to emphasize the extreme degree of busyness.
Conveys a lighthearted tone of realization and playful resignation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm already busy!”
“I still have a lot to do.”
“I was busy just now. What's up?”
“I'm very busy. If you're going to talk nonsense, I'll leave right away.”
“Tell him I'm busy. I'll call back later.”
“But for me, I'm just too busy to handle it.”