王法 可你知道吗
“Wang Fa. But you know what?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
把它们捞起来晒晒干
“picking them up and letting them dry in the sun.”
王法 可 你知道吗
“Wang Fa. But you know what?”
对于小猫来说
“For a kitten,”
“Hold on, you're missing the most important point here.”
Beginning an opposing view with the person's name followed by a rhetorical question softens the contradiction and keeps the conversation harmonious.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
but do you know?; but you see
A rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to grab attention before offering a contrasting view or advice.
Used to form an open-ended rhetorical question that engages the interlocutor's attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wang Fa, I'm being serious.”
“Wang Fa, it seems to me that you're a bit distracted today.”
“The Wang Fa's Strategic Plan officially starts.”
“if Coach Wang Fa agreed to be our coach.”
“Wang Fa told me that. See? Wanxing knows me so well.”
“When I was in the UK, I heard of someone named Winfred.”