对面不也是有几个刚来的吗
“aren't there a few newcomers on the other side as well?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看我们是刚来
“Look, we're new here—”
对面不也是有几个刚来的吗
“aren't there a few newcomers on the other side as well?”
队长
“Captain,”
“Stop making excuses about being new; the opponents have rookies too.”
In Chinese task-oriented interactions, leaders or peers frequently dismiss perceived disadvantages by pointing out mutual hardships, preventing low morale.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it also the case that
A rhetorical device used to counter someone's claim by showing that the same fact applies elsewhere.
newcomers / fresh arrivals
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to rookies or recent additions to a group.
Forms a rhetorical question to challenge the interlocutor's excuse.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I just got here. It shouldn't have anything to do with me, right?”
“Why are there more people coming?”
“You just came out. Who are you going to fight with?”
“They are not the same people.”
“Why did you come so late?”
“The problem is no one's coming.”