我什么时候 说话不算过数
“When have I not?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll write the recommendation. Mr. Zheng, you keep your word?”
我 什么时候 说话 不算 过数
“When have I not?”
真的是
“Come on.”
“Stop questioning me; I always follow through on what I promise.”
Cadres and authority figures expect unquestioning trust in their promises; questioning their word directly challenges their social standing and reliability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to not keep one's word / to break a promise
A quintessential colloquial idiom used when accusing someone of being untrustworthy, here framed as a rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When... When did you...”
“When will we go? Do you have time now?”
“This isn't the time for jokes.”
“When? Why didn't you tell me?”
“Wait until when? This year?”
“When did I say this?”