之前给你打电话 你也不接
“I called you, but you didn't answer.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
之前 给你打电话 你 也不 接
“I called you, but you didn't answer.”
忙吗
“Are you busy?”
“I wouldn't have had to come in person if you had just picked up your phone.”
In Chinese family dynamics, an unanswered phone call frequently causes parental anxiety, often prompting parents to check in person.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make a phone call
The standard everyday colloquial expression for calling someone on the phone.
didn't even answer
Used with '也' to emphasize disappointment or neglect when someone fails to pick up a call.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I called you this morning. You never answered.”
“Please, don't hang up yet.”
“People are so rude nowadays. Hanging up mid-sentence.”