不 等会儿 你之前不是跟我说
“No, wait. Didn't you tell me before”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就来自于这块黑色的石头
“came from this black stone.”
不 等会儿 你 之前不是 跟 我说
“No, wait. Didn't you tell me before”
那是来自水母身上的某种蠕虫吗
“that it was some kind of worm from jellyfish?”
“Hold on, your story is changing—which version is true?”
In casual Chinese conversation among equals, speakers readily interrupt with colloquial markers like '等会儿' to question inconsistencies without causing loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait a moment / hold on
Extremely frequent colloquial phrase used to halt someone mid-speech to process info or ask a question.
didn't you tell me earlier that...
A common conversational opening used to confront someone with their own prior statements.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then you have to wait a while. She hasn't arrived yet.”
“Hold on a second. She was fine. How did she suddenly get sick?”
“Hold on. What did you just say?”