是这么回事
“That's right.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大门口就撞见了太爷 我这不就把太爷接回来了吗
“and I ran into him at the gate. So I brought him back.”
是这么回事
“That's right.”
刚刚啊 我在路上还跟太爷感慨呢
“Just now, I was telling Master on the way here.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In group family settings, relatives often quickly affirm each other's accounts to present a unified narrative to the patriarch.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that is how it is; that is the story
A very common colloquial phrase used to validate an account or clarify a situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's how it is.”
“That's how it is.”
“That's right? That's right, Uncle.”
“That makes sense.”
“How did this happen?”
“So that's how it is.”
“Why did they fight? None of your business.”
“How did it come to this?”
“How did it come to this? We can talk this through.”
“Actually, it's like this.”
“Why are you being like that?”
“it... it's like this.”