xìngkuī wǒmen xiān jùcān le, bùrán dàjiā huì hěn è.

very

Breakdown of xìngkuī wǒmen xiān jùcān le, bùrán dàjiā huì hěn è.

• 我们wǒmen: we
• 会huì: will
• 了le: perfective particle

Questions & Answers about xìngkuī wǒmen xiān jùcān le, bùrán dàjiā huì hěn è.

What does 幸亏 mean here, and how is it different from just saying 还好?

幸亏 means something like fortunately, luckily, or more literally it’s a good thing that... It often introduces a situation that prevented a bad result.

In this sentence:

幸亏我们先聚餐了，不然大家会很饿。
= Luckily, we ate together first; otherwise everyone would have been very hungry.

So 幸亏 highlights that something bad was avoided.

Compared with 还好:

• 幸亏 strongly suggests a bad outcome was narrowly avoided
• 还好 often just means fortunately / it’s not too bad / good thing

For example:

• 幸亏我带了伞，不然就淋湿了。
  Good thing I brought an umbrella, otherwise I would have gotten soaked.

• 还好我带了伞。
  Luckily I brought an umbrella.

Both can sometimes work, but 幸亏 more clearly sets up the otherwise... idea.

Why is 先 placed before 聚餐?