你听谁说的 那电子厂的人说的呀 这
“Who told you that? People at the electronics factory said so. Well...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I heard Wang Ping is on drugs too.”
你听谁说的 那电子厂 的 人 说 的 呀 这
“Who told you that? People at the electronics factory said so. Well...”
“Nuanfeng County is such a small place. Good news doesn't travel,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In small Chinese towns or close-knit work units (danwei/factories), word-of-mouth gossip spreads rapidly and is often treated as semi-reliable news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who told you that / heard it from whom
A common conversational phrase used to challenge or verify the source of rumors.
Softens the assertion while reinforcing that the source is obvious or natural.
