这些天老肖 都不接我电话
“Xiao hasn't been answering my calls these days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He must be having a rough time these days.”
这些天老肖 都 不接我电话
“Xiao hasn't been answering my calls these days.”
“Hu Xiu must know what's going on, right? Did she tell you anything?”
“He is deliberately avoiding me, and I need to figure out what went wrong.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, suddenly cutting off contact ('不接电话') often signifies deep embarrassment, bankruptcy, or emotional withdrawal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
these past few days
Natural colloquial way to refer to recent continuous days.
not answering my calls
Standard phrase to describe someone ignoring or missing one's telephone calls.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Listen, Xiao, did you provoke her again?”
“Why is Xiao so mean lately?”
“Hello? Mr. Liu. Why haven't you been answering your phone?”
“Ye called me yesterday.”
“Don't say anything. Xiao,”
“It's already noon. Why isn't he answering his phone?”