再把水管弄坏
“Break the water pipes again?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
多近啊
“What do you mean by "further"?”
再把水管 弄坏
“Break the water pipes again?”
“Let's create a convenient plumbing emergency so we have an excuse to stay over.”
Manufacturing an external practical excuse, like broken plumbing, allows one to make an otherwise bold interpersonal move without losing face or seeming too forward.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break; to damage
A very common spoken resultative verb compound combining 'to do/handle' with 'bad/broken'.
cause something to break
Standard 'ba' structure emphasizing the disposal or damaging effect upon the direct object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“By the way, are those pipes fixed now?”
“The circuit breaker has been replaced. The pipes will be fixed today.”
“Even the pipe outside is locked.”
“You broke it! You broke it!”
“I think it's malfunctioning. Take it back.”
“Everything's broken!”