也不打个电话说一声
“You could have at least called.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Something came up, so I got back late.”
也不 打个电话 说一声
“You could have at least called.”
“I was sick with worry waiting for you, and a simple call would have spared me that distress.”
In intimate Chinese relationships, deep care and anxiety over a loved one's safety are frequently expressed through mild scolding rather than explicit affectionate phrases.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make a quick phone call
A highly natural collocation where '个' softens the action into a casual, quick task.
give a heads-up / say a word
Commonly used when asking someone to notify or inform others briefly before doing something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You brat, you didn't even say you were coming back.”
“He left without saying goodbye”
“How come you went and slept on my beam”