你们就是叽叽喳喳 怎么不早说啊
“So you two are Chit & Chat? Why didn't you say so earlier?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们去终点网文 写裴总和林晚的小说吧
“Wu Sheng, let's write a story about Mr. Pei and Lin Wan Zhongdian Web Fiction.”
你们 就是 叽叽喳喳 怎么不早说啊
“So you two are Chit & Chat? Why didn't you say so earlier?”
我们是怕裴总知道了 怪我们上班时间偷偷写稿
“We didn't want Mr. Pei to find out that we wrote stories during work hours.”
“I can't believe you kept this a secret from me all this time!”
In Chinese close workplace friendships, feigned annoyance like 'why didn't you tell me sooner' is an expression of closeness, signaling that no secrets need to be kept between them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why didn't you say so earlier
A highly frequent colloquial expression used upon finding out valuable or surprising information that would have changed the situation.
Softens the rhetorical question, turning what could be a harsh reprimand into playful astonishment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“W-Why didn't you tell us sooner?”
“Why didn't you tell me the book was plagiarized?”
“Why didn't you say so sooner? If you'd brought your stereo, we would've been fine.”