新的一年至少打声招呼吧
“It's a new year. You could at least say hi.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
新年快乐
“Happy New Year.”
新的一年 至少 打声招呼 吧
“It's a new year. You could at least say hi.”
你们要去看烟花 下雨小心一点啊
“You're going to watch fireworks? Be careful. It's raining.”
“Come on, it's the New Year—can't you at least be polite and acknowledge me?”
In Chinese culture, holidays like the New Year are pivotal moments where societal pressure encourages people to bury grudges and uphold basic courtesy through greetings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to say hello; to drop a greeting
Extremely frequent everyday colloquial phrase for briefly acknowledging someone or giving advance notice.
at least
Used to denote a minimum standard of behavior or expectation.
Softens the mild reproach and makes the demand sound like a persuasive suggestion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There are people from every side above us, making calls and sending notes.”
“Pull some strings? What strings? We have the advantage here.”
“properly.”