那酒席不得摆上几桌
“there would've been a banquet, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说她要是跟叶峰结婚
“If she'd married Ye Feng,”
那酒席 不得 摆上几桌
“there would've been a banquet, right?”
老刘啊 你这个人啊 就是比较俗
“Liu, that's the problem with you. You're too materialistic.”
“Marriage means throwing a real banquet; that is just how society works.”
In Chinese tradition, holding a lavish wedding banquet is crucial for honoring family face and publicly validating a marriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
banquet; feast (especially for weddings)
Use when referring to celebratory banquets, commonly paired with the verb 摆 (to set up).
would certainly have to; inevitably must
A spoken rhetorical pattern indicating an unavoidable consequence or expectation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All banquets must end.”
“All feasts must come to an end.”
“He must be under countless pairs of eyes. Holding a feast now”
“I'm throwing it, no matter what. But... But what?”
“I guess all good things must come to an end.”