害得您饿了一晚上
“leaving you hungry all night.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也是后来才知道 把您的那一屉也吃了
“I only found out later that I'd eaten your basket too,”
害得 您 饿了 一晚上
“leaving you hungry all night.”
没事 我也不饿嘛
“That was nothing. I wasn't hungry anyway.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Depriving an elder of food—even accidentally—triggers strong feelings of guilt due to Confucian norms prioritizing elders' physical comfort.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause harm or inconvenience to someone
Used before a negative consequence resulting inadvertently from an action.
the whole night
Expresses duration of time, emphasizing the continuity of an unpleasant state.
Marks the completion and realization of the state of going hungry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm so hungry I'd eat anything.”
“You've been busy all night. Aren't you hungry?”
“I'm starving.”
“You've been too busy to eat all night.”
“You haven't eaten in days. You must be starving by now.”
“You've had several bowls of rice tonight,”