呼机不回 电话不接
“She's not returning pages or answering calls.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Get her!”
呼机 不回 电话不接
“She's not returning pages or answering calls.”
“I feel like something is wrong.”
“They are completely unreachable, which means something is definitely wrong.”
In 1990s urban China, pagers and landline phones were the dominant communication tools before mobile phones became widespread.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pager / beeper
A retro telecommunications term common in late 20th-century Chinese period dramas.
not answering phone calls
A standard spoken phrase used when someone ignores or misses incoming calls.