韩昭 我跟你说了多少次 咱俩不可能
“Han Zhao, I've told you. It won't work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“then we'd see each other more.”
韩昭 我跟你说 了多少次 咱俩 不可能
“Han Zhao, I've told you. It won't work.”
怎么不可能
“Why not?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
While Chinese interpersonal communication usually favors indirectness to save face, repeated unwanted advances often force speakers into completely explicit, stern rejections to eliminate ambiguity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how many times
Used rhetorically to vent exasperation about repeating oneself to someone who won't listen.
impossible; out of the question
A definitive, unhedged way to reject romantic feelings or proposals.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So, you say all this”
“Little Zhao, sorry for the trouble.”
“you're the only one who can be with her.”
“Mr. He Han, the more you talk, the more it sounds like you're trying to drive a wedge”
“When He Han was here, every novel she worked on became a hit.”
“Could you please stop making things up? He Han.”