你是他儿子的高中同学吗
“you were his son's high school classmate?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老板知道
“Does the boss know”
你是 他 儿子 的 高中同学吗
“you were his son's high school classmate?”
不用惊讶
“Don't be surprised.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
School peer relationships (Tongxue) form deep, lifelong social bonds and immediate rapport in Chinese social networking (Guanxi).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
high school classmate
Used to denote shared school ties, which are an important source of social networking in Chinese culture.
Marks the sentence as a standard yes-no verification question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You were his high school classmate.”
“You are his son. He won't disdain you.”
“And you are? I'm the son of his friend.”
“But they're different from classmates.”
“He's your son anyway.”
“you don't feel like his classmate to me.”