你不是应该住韩森家吗？
“Weren't you supposed to stay at Hansen's?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 陈立璇 - 你怎么会回来？
“- Chen Lixuan. - Why are you back?”
你 不是应该 住韩森家 吗 ？
“Weren't you supposed to stay at Hansen's?”
这里是我家
“This is my house.”
“Why are you here? Did something happen between you two?”
In Chinese family dynamics, an unexpected return to the family home by an adult child usually signals serious relationship trouble with their partner.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
shouldn't (one) be...
Used to point out a deviation from an expected arrangement or established assumption.
to live/stay at someone's home
Common everyday structure indicating residing or lodging at someone's residence.
Marks the rhetorical yes-no question emphasizing the speaker's prior assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're not staying at a friend's place, are you?”
“Didn't you say you'll get a house for us?”
“So are you going to move back home?”
“Then where should we go?”
“Didn't you say you'd stay till it's sold?”
“You won't be staying here during this time?”