也没什么好东西
“It's nothing fancy,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也 没什么 好东西
“It's nothing fancy,”
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“just some freshly ground tofu for you to taste.”
“Please accept this small humble token; do not feel indebted.”
Chinese etiquette encourages depreciating one's own gifts as humble or ordinary to demonstrate modesty and relieve the recipient of social obligation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nothing fancy; not much of value
A classic set phrase used when offering gifts or food to show modesty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Probably nothing nice.”
“he can't be a good person.”
“he has one more father to love him.”
“What a great thing.”
“what's inappropriate about it?”
“Okay, there's something here.”