我不是跟你解释过了吗 这个不归医院管
“Haven't I explained this to you? It's not up to the hospital.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大概 大概我们要排到什么时候
“Roughly when will it be our turn?”
我不是 跟你 解释过 了吗 这个 不归医院管
“Haven't I explained this to you? It's not up to the hospital.”
我也说不准
“I can't say for sure either.”
“Stop asking me; it is out of our hands and repeating the question won't change that.”
In Chinese public service contexts, invoking jurisdiction ('bu gui... guan') is the standard way staff protect themselves from accountability for bureaucratic delays outside their control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't I already explain this to you?
A rhetorical question signaling annoyance when an interlocutor asks something that was already clarified.
not under the jurisdiction of / not managed by
A frequent institutional phrase used to deflect responsibility to another body.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the listener's failure to heed the previous explanation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This place is awful! I'm sorry.”
“and took charge of the whole hospital.”
“it's better that I don't cause trouble for the court.”
“Wen, is there a problem with this hospital?”
“But the hospital isn't allowing visitors lately.”
“we need to contact the provincial hospital first”