买画纸就是天经地义的
“and art supplies, it's a given.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Don't think that just because I buy you food and drinks,”
买画纸 就是 天经地义 的
“and art supplies, it's a given.”
以后我在你身上付出的所有劳动 都是要收费的
“From now on, every bit of effort I put in for you comes with a price.”
“Don't take my generosity for granted as if it's my natural duty to support you.”
In close Chinese relationships, friends or couples frequently deploy hyperbolic bargaining and mock-accounting to playfully check expectations of entitlement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
matter of course; universally acknowledged and completely justified
A common four-character idiom used to describe something regarded as entirely natural, unquestionable, or an absolute right.
Placed at the end of the clause to add emphatic certainty to the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can tell that he didn't put in a lot of effort.”
“So I painted a picture”
“You can wear any skin you want,”
“I felt this paper was somehow not right.”
“You still need to buy brushes and paper.”
“May I borrow a pen and paper?”