这临时说的应该不作数吧
“This last-minute statement shouldn't be valid, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你一开始也没说呀
“You didn't say that at the beginning.”
这临 时 说的 应该 不作数 吧
“This last-minute statement shouldn't be valid, right?”
“President Wan, you're informing us of a new rule just when our turn arrives.”
“You can't just make up rules at the last second and expect us to follow them.”
Appealing to established rules over spontaneous dictates is a standard tactic in Chinese disputes to rally neutral onlookers against perceived arbitrariness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not to count; invalid; void
A highly idiomatic spoken phrase used when invalidating a promise, agreement, or rule.
said on the spot; improvised at the last minute
Used to describe decisions or statements made impulsively without prior agreement.
Softens the assertion into a leading question to solicit agreement and project reasonableness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This probably doesn't count, right?”
“(Do the things you say still count?)”
“I don't think we should use that money.”