他不是经常都这么干吗
“doesn't he do this all the time?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
许云天这样的混蛋
“a scum like Xu Yuntian,”
他 不是经常都这么干吗
“doesn't he do this all the time?”
我说这可不值得吵醒我
“It's not worth waking me up.”
“This is completely normal for him, so stop making a fuss.”
Chinese speakers often use the rhetorical negative construction to signal that information should be common knowledge, often reducing dramatic tension.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it often the case that / don't they always
Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize habitual, unsurprising patterns.
act like this / do it this way
A casual, slightly colloquial way to refer to someone taking a specific action.
Forms a rhetorical question expecting obvious agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Does this happen often? No, it's never happened before. Take them to line up by the restrooms.”
“We adults are like this.”