什么叫你先蹬 肯定是我 你先蹬能蹬起来吗
“-I pedal first! -What do you mean by that? It must be me. If you pedal first, we won't be able to ride.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我得先蹬吧 行不行啊 你先蹬啥呀 我得先蹬
“I have to pedal first, right? Can you do it? You pedal first? -I pedal first! -What do you mean by that?”
什么叫 你先蹬 肯定是我 你先蹬 能 蹬起来 吗
“-I pedal first! -What do you mean by that? It must be me. If you pedal first, we won't be able to ride.”
让我来让我来 我蹬了来来来 不是我蹬吗
“Let me do it. -I'm pedaling. -Come on! Aren't I supposed to pedal?”
“You don't have the strength or balance to start this, let me handle it.”
Affectionate bickering and questioning each other's competence is a classic mark of intimacy and equality among close friends or family in China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you mean by...?
A colloquial rhetorical device used to express disagreement or incredulity at someone's phrasing.
to get (a bike) pedaling/moving
A directional complement structure indicating initiating and sustaining the motion of pedaling.
Turns the statement into a skeptical rhetorical question asserting that the other person cannot do it.
