不就多双筷子而已吗 来林梅 吃
“It's not a big deal. Lin Mei, dig in.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爱红 你瞧你这话说的 这一家人什么蹭不蹭的
“Aihong, don't say that. She's family, not an uninvited guest.”
不就 多双筷子而已 吗 来林梅 吃
“It's not a big deal. Lin Mei, dig in.”
吃
“Here.”
“Ignore the rude remark; you are completely welcome at this table.”
In Chinese dining culture, saying a guest is merely 'one more pair of chopsticks' demonstrates hospitality and generosity, relieving the guest from feeling like an unwelcome burden.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just one more pair of chopsticks; an extra mouth to feed with minimal effort
A quintessential Chinese idiom of hospitality used by a host to convey that feeding an extra guest is effortless and no trouble at all.
merely; nothing more than
Placed at the end of a clause to minimize the significance or severity of a situation.
Forms a rhetorical question reinforcing that hosting an extra person is trivial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Moreover, isn't it just about having one more person to eat?”
“just come to our house. It's just adding a pair of chopsticks.”