咱这是在家里 不是在厂里 这吃饭前
“We're at home, not the factory. Now...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈
“Mom.”
咱这 是 在家里 不是在厂里 这 吃饭 前
“We're at home, not the factory. Now...”
你让阿姨说
“Let her say.”
“Drop the formal work routine; we are just having a family meal, so relax.”
During China's planned economy era, the factory (danwei) dominated daily life; people often had to consciously remind family members not to bring workplace bureaucratic hierarchies to the dinner table.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at home
Used to invoke domestic casualness as opposed to public or professional decorum.
before eating; before the meal
A standard temporal phrase marking the period immediately preceding dining.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“let's have a meal in the factory canteen”
“I brought your dinner to the factory.”
“There's work to do. Stay for dinner. Yes, stay. - No need. - Have a bite.”
“really has connections in our cafeteria.”
“Work comes first. I'll deliver his dinner later.”
“His factory can't handle it at all.”