谁跟他结婚啊 你俩分分合合这么多年
“Who would marry him? You two have been on and off for so many years,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你和李雷要结婚了
“You and Li Lei are getting married?”
谁跟他 结婚 啊 你俩 分分合合 这么多年
“Who would marry him? You two have been on and off for so many years,”
不还是在一起呢吗
“but aren't you still together?”
“No way am I marrying him, we have far too much baggage!”
Marriage is a frequent topic of peer curiosity in China; individuals in volatile relationships often use strong rhetorical denials to stave off unsolicited advice or expectations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who on earth with...
A rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to strongly deny an assertion involving another person.
breaking up and making up repeatedly
A very common four-character idiom describing on-again, off-again romantic relationships.
Adds emotional intensity and incredulity to the rhetorical denial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We broke up. You broke up?”
“I have already divorced him.”
“did you know he was married and had a wife?”
“And just because we broke up doesn't mean I was going to be with you.”
“We broke up before. But we got back together.”
“What's your relationship with him? No, please don't get me wrong.”