你怎么知道我请假
“How did you know?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“This is why you took leave these days?”
你怎么知道我请假
“How did you know?”
你偷偷关心我喔
“So, you care about me, right?”
“You have been paying special attention to me, haven't you?”
Testing whether someone is secretly keeping tabs on you is a staple tactic in Taiwanese and Chinese dating dynamics to gauge reciprocal interest.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how did you know; how do you know
A very frequent colloquial phrase used when surprised that another person knows private details.
ask for leave; take time off
The standard term for requesting absence from work or school.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just think of it as me taking time off.”
“Taking leave now would ruin all my progress.”
“I'll ask for leave if I need to.”
“This is why you took leave these days?”
“How did you know the one who died was Lu Yuan?”
“is taking a leave. If you agree.”