您说得我口水都下来了
“My mouth is watering upon hearing it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对不对啊
“don't you?”
您说 得我 口水都下来了
“My mouth is watering upon hearing it.”
要不然咱们周末去好不好
“Shall we pay a visit this weekend?”
“You're making my mouth water; I really want to go try it!”
Chinese speakers often invoke the physical reaction of drooling to enthusiastically flatter someone's cooking or food recommendations, serving the dual social function of complimenting their vivid description and expressing a hearty appetite.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mouth is watering; drooling with anticipation, describing food as extremely appetizing or tempting
A common colloquial exaggeration used in response to someone's vivid description of delicious food or when seeing mouthwatering dishes.
Sentence-final particle indicating a newly emerged state or change brought about by the other person's description.
