同事通知他媳妇的
“our colleagues called his wife.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
三哥出事之后
“After Lin Shan got hurt,”
同事 通知 他媳妇的
“our colleagues called his wife.”
月份确实大了
“She's far along in her pregnancy.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese work culture, colleagues often take responsibility for stepping in and contacting family members when an accident or emergency occurs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to notify or inform
A common verb used in both everyday spoken contexts and formal announcements to indicate notifying someone.
wife (colloquial northern Mandarin)
Widely used in informal northern spoken Chinese instead of the more formal '妻子'.
Part of the 'shi... de' cleft construction used to emphasize the agent who carried out the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Someone in the company must have gossiped to her.”
“How could you let him do it?”
“The HR department has already been informed.”
“My work has nothing to do with you. Everything about you concerns me.”
“What urgent matter could he possibly go handle?”
“Yes, but she is unrelated. How is she unrelated?”