不把客人都吓坏了吗
“won't you scare the guests away?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这个样子
“Looking like this,”
不把客人都 吓坏了 吗
“won't you scare the guests away?”
阿辉
“Hui!”
“You look terrible and are embarrassing us; fix yourself up right now.”
Chinese culture places strong emphasis on maintaining proper appearances and composure in front of outsiders to avoid losing face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scared out of one's wits; terrified
A common colloquial resultative structure used to emphasize that someone is extremely frightened.
Transforms the statement into a rhetorical question to intensify the scolding tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sorry about that. Did I scare you?”
“It's terrifying.”
“I was afraid you'd scare them.”
“The guest panicked”
“Don't scare my bird like that.”
“who recognized me. That was so scary!”