我跟你爸盘算了一下 办都办了
“I've calculated with your dad. Since we were having the event anyway,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Mom. Why are there three tables now? And this wasn't the hall I booked.”
我跟你爸 盘算了一下 办都办了
“I've calculated with your dad. Since we were having the event anyway,”
启然妈妈也请了不少亲戚
“and Qiran's mother had also invited quite a few relatives”
“It is already done, so stop complaining and just accept the bigger banquet.”
Chinese weddings often function as networking and face-saving events for parents rather than just the couple, leading parents to expand guest lists unilaterally.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
figured it out; calculated/deliberated for a bit
Used when justifying a decision by claiming it was carefully considered beforehand.
now that it's already being held; what's done is done
A classic 'V 都 V 了' construction used to argue that because an action has already commenced, one should follow through fully.
Signals that the action is already set in motion, reinforcing the sense of an irreversible fait accompli.
