难不成还会躲着我吗
“What, you trying to avoid me now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
知道
“I know.”
难不成 还会 躲着我 吗
“What, you trying to avoid me now?”
“I've never asked you for anything before.”
“There's no way they'd avoid me—we're too close for that, so don't worry while I ask this favor.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, before asking relatives or acquaintances for help, one often uses rhetorical questions to build rapport and lower their guard, leveraging kinship ties (such as addressing someone as 'jie' [elder sister]) as emotional leverage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that...?; expressing a rhetorical question or conjecture with strong emphasis
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to convey disbelief or refute an assumption, carrying a relatively strong rhetorical tone.
deliberately avoiding me; staying away from someone
Often used in interpersonal interactions to describe someone avoiding contact out of guilt, unease, or reluctance to help.
Used at the end of a sentence to form a rhetorical question, reinforcing the presupposition that avoiding someone is utterly impossible.
