李爸和贺梅阿姨的事情 等回家再说吧
“About Mr. Li and Ms. He Mei, let's talk about it when I get home.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
失恋了
“She just broke up with her boyfriend.”
李爸和贺梅阿姨的事情 等 回家再说 吧
“About Mr. Li and Ms. He Mei, let's talk about it when I get home.”
我一会儿还有 预约的病人
“I still have some appointments with my patients.”
“I cannot deal with messy family drama right now while I am at work; drop it for now.”
Chinese professionals typically avoid hashing out complicated domestic issues in workplace settings, preferring to address delicate private affairs behind closed doors at home.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait until... then talk / put off until...
An essential spoken pattern used to delay a conversation, decision, or action until a more opportune time.
Softens the directive into a gentle suggestion, making the request to postpone the topic polite.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm afraid Mr. Li might be bullied if he's with her.”
“Mr. Li. Enjoy your dinner. I'm going upstairs.”
“Mr. Li, we are going. Keep calm. Just do as you normally do.”
“Ziqiu, you do take after Ms. He Mei.”
“If Mr. Li thinks they don't match, just forget it. I think Mrs. Zhang”
“Dad, Mei loves to use a fake identity.”