那谁让你十一放假不回家的
“Then why didn't you come home for National Day?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大哥 我一年就回这么一趟家 我多待两天怎么了
“Hey, I only come home once a year. What's wrong with staying a couple of days longer?”
那谁 让你十一 放假 不回家 的
“Then why didn't you come home for National Day?”
十一 我爸带着何姨出去旅游去了
“National Day? My dad went traveling with Ms. He.”
“It's your own fault for skipping the Golden Week holiday, so don't complain to me now.”
The 'Shiyi' (October 1st) Golden Week is one of the premier statutory holidays in China when adult children are culturally expected to travel home and visit family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who told you to...; it's your own fault that...
A common colloquial retort used to deflect blame back onto the other person for their own poor choices.
National Day holiday (Golden Week)
Refers specifically to China's week-long National Day holiday starting October 1st.
Used at the end of the rhetorical question to affirm the speaker's stance with conviction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This time, I'm not going back until after the Lantern Festival.”
“don't come home for the New Year.”
“Then why aren't you going home?”
“Do you know what it's called when you don't come home?”
“Why? Why don't you go home?”
“Welcome home.”