这 这多不方便 人家还得陪爸呢
“That'd be awkward. He has to be with his dad.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“I'd like to meet him.”
这 这多 不方便 人家 还得 陪爸呢
“That'd be awkward. He has to be with his dad.”
你上次不是说
“Didn't you say”
“Don't bother them with this; they have enough on their plate with family duties.”
In Chinese culture, taking care of elderly parents is considered an unimpeachable moral duty, making it an effective and unchallengeable social pretext to decline requests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how inconvenient; really quite inconvenient
A common polite indirect hedge to reject a favor or suggest that something is socially troublesome.
still have to; also need to
Used to emphasize additional responsibilities or obligations that crowd out other activities.
Softens the reminder while drawing attention to an existing obligation that cannot be ignored.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't be troubled. I'm a good friend of your father's.”
“it'll be very inconvenient for me. Yes, of course.”
“With my condition,”
“It'll be better if you stay here. Let me go alone.”
“That would be too much trouble for you. That... That works too.”
“Sorry for all the trouble our family has caused you. Don't say that.”