两个人非得开两台车
“Why do we have to drive two cars?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“would it have cost you anything to pick me up at the guesthouse?”
两个人 非得开两台车
“Why do we have to drive two cars?”
不费油啊
“Isn't that a waste of gas?”
“Why are you being so stubborn and wasteful by taking two separate cars?”
In Chinese family life, unnecessary redundancy like driving two cars when one suffices is commonly criticized as impractical wastefulness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to insist on; to have to (often with disapproval)
Use this structure before a verb to express frustration that someone stubbornly chooses to do something unnecessary.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you are husband and wife, what is there that cannot be discussed together?”
“the two of us can join hands”
“It can only be done if we do it together.”
“We can't build a life together.”
“Both of you need some alone time.”
“and discuss openly to figure out a solution together.”