不是说要等到月底吗
“until the end of the month?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
荣哥儿
“Wasn't he not coming”
不是说要 等到 月底 吗
“until the end of the month?”
你去回了太太 就说我换身衣裳就过来 是
“Go tell the mistress I'll be there as soon as I change my clothes. Yes, miss.”
“Why are they calling on me so early when we agreed on month-end?”
In traditional elite Chinese households, junior members must promptly adapt their personal routines whenever senior matriarchs send an unexpected summons.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wasn't it said that... / didn't you say...
A common rhetorical framing used to point out a contradiction between expectations and the current situation.
end of the month
Used as a standard temporal reference point for deadlines or schedules.
Converts the rhetorical assertion into an interrogative seeking confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't I say end of the year? What's wrong?”
“Can I pay at the end of the month?”
“Sure, when do you need it? This month.”
“at the end of the month.”
“It's the end of the month today, and also the end of the quarter.”
“What's going on? It's not time yet, right?”