你说说 那叫考研
“- Come on. - It's grad school exams.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李明 你别光让我说 你也来说一说呀 赶紧说呀
“Don't make me do all the talking. You say something too. Come on, say it.”
你说说 那叫考研
“- Come on. - It's grad school exams.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In China, sitting for the university entrance exam (考大学/高考) and the graduate entrance exam (考研) represent distinct milestones with entirely different social stakes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you tell them; just think about it
Used to invite an ally into a conversation to validate a point or appeal to common sense.
to take the graduate school entrance exam
Common abbreviation for taking the national postgraduate entrance examination in China.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm not taking the graduate entrance exam. You've been preparing for three years. Why do you want to quit?”
“He said you'd pass, and you did.”
“Well, I did say that. But that's not what I meant.”
“How could you just decide not to take it? See?”
“So you're going to study abroad?”
“Study hard for the exam. You have to get in, okay?”