你打电话不就完了吗 你打电话呀 打视频 打视频
“Just call them. Call them. Make a video call.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“♪ And carry it toward distant scenery ♪ -For the graduation… -Where are Ms. Lin and Coach? They're not here yet? They're not here yet?”
你 打电话不就完了 吗 你打电话呀 打视频 打视频
“Just call them. Call them. Make a video call.”
视频 视频
“A video call.”
“Stop asking and just call them—make a video call right now!”
With the widespread popularity of instant messaging apps like WeChat, Chinese speakers colloquially shorten 'making a WeChat video call' to 'da shi pin'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wouldn't that settle it / wouldn't that solve the problem
A common colloquial rhetorical question indicating that the matter is actually simple, implying that the other person is overcomplicating things or acting too slowly.
to make a video call
A high-frequency modern colloquial verb-object phrase, shortened from 'da shi pin dian hua' (making a video phone call).
Used at the end of a rhetorical question to intensify the tone and convey that something is self-evident.
Placed at the end of an imperative sentence to convey urgency, pressing the listener to take immediate action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then don't you dare not answer when we call.”
“Wait, why didn't you call me? I did, but I couldn't get through.”
“Did someone call? It's done. You called? I don't know.”
“I'll get it all sorted with one call.”
“Why didn't you call me? My cellphone is out of work.”
“Call me after you finish reading, then we'll talk.”