你 你不是说你上海有项目 走不开吗
“Didn't you say you were tied up with a project in Shanghai?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你干吗
“What are you doing here?”
你 你不是说 你上海有项目 走不开 吗
“Didn't you say you were tied up with a project in Shanghai?”
行啊你
“Well done, you.”
“Why are you here? You lied to me about being stuck in Shanghai.”
When friends or lovers catch each other in an unexpected place, rhetorical questions beginning with 'didn't you say...' serve as immediate calls for justification.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to get away / tied down with work
A very frequent idiomatic excuse in Chinese professional life when obligations prevent one from traveling or attending gatherings.
didn't you say that...
Use this formula to bring up a prior statement when calling out an apparent discrepancy or surprise.
Marks an incredulous question highlighting the contradiction between words and reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As I said, I'm busy.”
“if I don't let you go to Shanghai, you'll never have peace of mind.”
“not everyone gets to go to Shanghai,”
“How about you come live with me in Shanghai?”
“Besides, in Shanghai, don't you still have”
“Looks like you're doing well. Didn't you say you were going to Hushi”