我们之前不是都说好了吗
“Didn't we agree on this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说什么呢
“What are you saying?”
我们 之前不是 都说好了 吗
“Didn't we agree on this?”
“We already settled this, so stop questioning me and let me handle it.”
In Chinese interpersonal and business partnerships, informal verbal agreements carry strong moral weight, making any attempt to revisit them a source of friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
agreed upon / settled
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to confirm an arrangement or remind someone of an existing consensus.
isn't it the case that... / didn't we...
A rhetorical question pattern used to seek confirmation or challenge the listener's conflicting behavior.
Transforms the rhetorical statement into an appeal for confirmation while adding an assertive edge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But we agreed on that.”
“We already agreed on this.”
“How can you break it?”
“♪ The stars flow across the sky, and I walk this road with you ♪ didn't we already make a pact in the very beginning? ♪ From strangers, our hearts slowly grow close ♪”
“Lin Chen, didn't we?”
“Well, didn't we agree before?”
“We had a deal.”
“Didn't we agree to it?”