难道他不帮你吗
“Isn't he helping you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你师父呢
“Where is your master?”
难道 他 不 帮你 吗
“Isn't he helping you?”
我师父
“My master”
“How could your own master just leave you hanging like this?”
In traditional Chinese culture, a master bears quasi-paternal responsibility for their disciple, making a refusal to help culturally anomalous and shocking.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that... / don't tell me that...
Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize disbelief or challenge an unexpected reality.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the speaker's disbelief.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Can you not help me?”
“he might be willing to help.”
“We helped him so much. Why won't he help us?”
“Since you won't help I'll do it then.”
“Since you won't help, then I'll do it. All right?”
“Please help him, will you?”