馒头的销量不是挺好的吗 怎么突然不干了
“Wasn't the bun business doing well? Why stop suddenly?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们一连吃了好几个月呢
“We ate those for months.”
馒头的销量 不是挺好的吗 怎么突然不干了
“Wasn't the bun business doing well? Why stop suddenly?”
这事儿
“Mom told me not to mention it to you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The phrase '不干了' is ubiquitous in everyday Chinese spoken culture to bluntly describe quitting a job, closing a stall, or dropping a responsibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sales were quite good
Used to describe strong commercial sales performance in casual conversation.
to quit; to stop doing (work/business)
A colloquial spoken idiom meaning to abandon an occupation, job, or task abruptly.
Forms a rhetorical question confirming a premise the speaker believed to be true.
Marks the change of state from running a business to quitting.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My buns wouldn't be like this. I don't know why these are moldy.”
“I sell out of buns every day. Where would I get spoiled buns?”
“I'll take whatever buns are left from today.”
“Every family has a different taste.”
“I'm tired of eating plain steamed buns.”
“Ms. Ren, are you not making buns anymore? Why is all the flour gone?”