你不是早就知道了吗
“Didn't you know that already?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你疯了
“you're crazy!”
你 不是早就知道了吗
“Didn't you know that already?”
“Stop acting surprised; you have known what I am doing the entire time.”
Using rhetorical negative questions (不是……吗) directly confronts the interlocutor's moral posturing or artificial surprise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't [someone] already ... a long time ago?
A rhetorical question pattern used to call out someone acting surprised about known facts.
knew long ago
Common collocation to emphasize that information was acquired well in advance.
Marks the change of state or completion of becoming aware.
Converts the statement into a rhetorical question to challenge the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't you already know that?”
“Haven't you found out long ago?”
“Did you know all along”
“So you knew it all along, didn't you?”
“Did you know it long ago?”
“You knew all along, didn't you? What's going on?”
“vomiting in the Empress Dowager's chamber?”
“I think you're used to that.”
“Haven't you already”
“Don't you already know the answer?”
“Didn't you prove it for me?”
“You told me all this before.”
“it's not like you don't know.”
“[Xu Jiang, a famous entrepreneur in Jinghai. The enterprise he owned is listed among the top 100 outstanding enterprises for its excellent products and good reputation.] So you knew it was him?”
“I suppose you knew.”