再说 这是何时的事啊
“Besides, when did that even happen?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“How much do we owe you exactly?”
再说 这是何时的事啊
“Besides, when did that even happen?”
谁又看见了
“And who saw it?”
“That was ancient history—you have zero proof, so forget about getting any money.”
In traditional dispute resolution, debtors often exploited the absence of written contracts or eyewitnesses to dismiss old informal debts as hearsay.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
besides; furthermore
Used as a conversational transition to pile on an additional justification or counterargument.
a matter of when; something from long ago
Often used rhetorically to minimize an incident by implying it is too old to be relevant.
Softens the rhetorical question into an exasperated, dismissive inquiry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When did that happen?”
“When are you talking about?”
“Was it proposed before or after my report came out?”