你就把它当成药喝了
“Just pretend it's medicine and eat it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对你有益
“It's good for your health.”
你就把它 当成 药 喝了
“Just pretend it's medicine and eat it.”
我先走了
“I'll leave you to it.”
“I know it tastes bad, but just swallow it and get it over with.”
In Chinese culture, unpleasant or bitter concoctions are readily accepted under the belief that bitter medicine cures the sickness best.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
treat it as / regard it as
A common structure used when asking someone to view or treat one entity as another.
Indicates completion of the action, urging the listener to finish drinking it off.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Take your medicine first.”
“With a whole bowl of that forced down,”
“I'll brew some medicine for you.”
“you were drugged.”
“Does the medicine I feed you not work? Drink it now.”
“♪ As me ♪ You need to drink the herbal medicine while it's hot.”