好了，品尝完今天的大餐，我们还给大家准备了一道饭后甜点。
Next time when you talk to your Chinese friends, be bold enough to use the above expressions. Seeing the expression of surprise and praise on the face of your friend, you will certainly be very pleased.
OK, having finished today’s main course, we have prepared a dessert for you.
饭后甜点 Dessert
跟中国人交往的时候，你常常会听到中国人说“热死了”“困死了”“累死了”“烦死了”……那么多“死了”，
中国人到底为什么那么喜欢说这个词呢？“死了”在这里是“dead”的意思吗.
“饿死了”“累死了”当然可以表示真的“饿死了”“累死了”，但是，在这里，“死了”是“非常，极了”的意思，相当于terribly，是表示程度的。所以，“饿死了”在这里就是“非常饿，饿极了，饿得受不了了”的意思；同样，“累死了”在这里也不是真的因为累而死了，而是夸张地表示身体太累了，就像“非常累”一样，这样的表达方式却生动得多。所以，一个表示感觉的形容词加上“死了”，就可以把你的感受表达到极点了。
比如：
① 你的女朋友因为一件小事埋怨了你一整天，这时你就可以说 ：“烦死了！”
② 老师布置的作业太多，妈妈也不让你出门找朋友玩。这时，你就可以说：“这几天老是在家写作业，简直把我憋死了！”
③ 你心爱的小狗生病了，不吃不喝，连医生也没有办法时，你一定会“急死了”。
When dealing with the Chinese, you often hear them say “Re si le”, “Kun si le”, “Lei si le” ,“Fɑn si le” and so on. So many si le may make you wonder why on earth the Chinese like this word so much. Does si le mean “dead” here?Eh si le and lei si le can of course mean really “die of hunger” and “die of exhaustion”, but in everyday life, like the English word deadly, they usually mean “very, terribly”. So, eh si le means “ extremely hungry, starving,ravenous”. Similarly, lei si le usually does not mean “die from exhaustion”, rather it expresses one’s physical exhaustion in an exaggerated manner, meaning the same as “very tired” . The use of the word si simply serves to add vividness to one’s expression. So an adjective denoting one’s feelings, when modified by the words si le, can express such emotion to the maximum.
For example:
① When your girl friend has been complaining to you about a trivial matter for a whole day, you can then say, “Fɑn si le.”
② When your teacher has given you too much homework and your mother won’t let you go out to play with your friends, you can say, “I have been doing homework at home the whole time these past few days. Jiɑnzhi bɑ wo bie si le ‘I am bored to death’”.
③ When your darling pet dog falls ill and won’t eat or drink anything and even the vet can do nothing about it, you will surely be ji si le “extremely worried”.
