那你问人柏庶呀 我没她手机号
“Then ask Bai Shu. I don't have her phone number.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Sit here. Even if I calm down, I still need to find out what happened.”
那 你问 人柏庶呀 我没她 手机号
“Then ask Bai Shu. I don't have her phone number.”
小庶
“Shu,”
“Stop grilling me; I don't even have her number so leave me out of it.”
Stating that one does not even possess another person's phone number or WeChat contact is a common and potent defense against romantic suspicion in contemporary China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ask that person directly
Here 人 (rén) serves as a colloquial demonstrative shorthand referring to a specific person mentioned previously.
cell phone number
The standard everyday spoken term for a mobile phone number.
Adds an impatient or slightly exasperated pragmatic coloring to an obvious suggestion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“leave me your phone number. If you want to ask about Bai Shu, just give me a call.”
“When you're free, go check on Bai Shu.”
“- No idea. - No idea. Bai Shu hasn't been back for days.”
“Have you seen Bai Shu? How is she now? What's she up to?”
“Aren't you Bai Shu?”
“Where's Bai Shu? Is she here? I don't know. I'm not here for her.”