现在不是流行出国吗
“Isn't going abroad popular now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
准备去哪儿啊
“Where are you going?”
现在 不是 流行出国 吗
“Isn't going abroad popular now?”
你不在的这段时间
“While you were away,”
“I'm just doing what everyone else is doing nowadays.”
Going abroad for study or immigration has historically been perceived in Chinese society as a prestigious, trendy path to advancement, often framed as a widespread social wave.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it the case that...
A rhetorical question pattern used to prompt agreement or state something perceived as common knowledge.
to be popular, trendy
Can act as a verb or adjective to describe prevailing social customs, fashions, or trends.
to go abroad
A high-frequency verb-object compound referring to traveling, studying, or living overseas.
Marks a rhetorical question expecting agreement from the interlocutor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well, I went abroad later.”
“He went abroad, right?”
“If you had listened to me, we would have been abroad.”
“Wouldn't it have been better if we had left the country?”
“Now he's back home.”
“But I've traveled all over the country. Then go abroad.”