什 什么叫想起你啊
“Suddenly thought of you? Come on!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 曹野
“It's me, Cao Ye.”
什 什么叫 想起 你啊
“Suddenly thought of you? Come on!”
那是一直都想念
“I've always been thinking of you.”
“Saying I just 'happened' to think of you is an understatement; you're on my mind constantly.”
Playfully nitpicking a partner's phrasing is a frequent trope in Chinese romance to deliver compliments via mock objection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you mean by...
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to challenge a premise playfully or defensively.
to recall; to think of
Used when a memory or person suddenly comes into one's mind.
Softens the rhetorical question and adds a lively, conversational lilt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did something come back to you?”
“Did you remember something?”
“I remember now. It was you.”
“Tell me, when did you remember me?”
“If you remember anything,”
“why do you ask this all of a sudden?”