你刚才就没说谎吗
“but weren't you lying just now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他是在胡说
“He's lying,”
你 刚 才 就没说谎吗
“but weren't you lying just now?”
“This industry is small. We always run into each other.”
“Don't act innocent; you're just as guilty of lying as he is.”
In tight-knit Chinese professional circles ('行业就这么大'), hypocrisy is often called out directly because mutual reputations and past conduct are scrutinized.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just now / a moment ago
Standard temporal noun referring to the immediate past in spoken dialogue.
to tell a lie / to lie
Common verb used to describe deliberate dishonesty.
Turns the negative statement into a rhetorical challenge rather than a genuine request for information.