但是我觉得 我就是职业病 我不能让话掉地上
“But I think it's just my job. I can't let the conversation drop.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“very enthusiastic. You must have felt it too, right? Right?”
但 是我 觉得 我 就是 职业病 我 不能让话掉地上
“But I think it's just my job. I can't let the conversation drop.”
“I can't let there be dead air. See? We haven't had any awkward silences, have we?”
“I talk a lot because awkward silences make me uncomfortable, so cut me some slack.”
Chinese social etiquette values lively, continuous banter (热闹); active hosts or conversation partners often feel a duty to prevent conversational dead air.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
occupational disease; professional habit/quirk
Widely used colloquially to jokingly blame one's personal habits on professional conditioning.
letting a conversational remark fall flat or go unanswered
A vivid colloquial metaphor describing conversational dead ends or awkward silences.
