你早点这么说不就没事了吗
“if you had said that earlier, it would have been fine.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
和尘
“Hechen,”
你 早点这么说 不就 没事了 吗
“if you had said that earlier, it would have been fine.”
卿本佳人
“You are a good person,”
“You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble if you had just cooperated from the start.”
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
earlier; sooner
Used to suggest doing something ahead of time or to express regret/complaint that something wasn't done sooner.
wouldn't everything have been fine then?; wouldn't that have avoided all the trouble?
A rhetorical pattern ('不就...了吗') used to point out an obvious, easy solution that someone failed to take earlier.
Marks a hypothetical change of state (things becoming fine/resolved) had the condition been met.
Combines with '不就' to form a rhetorical question that emphasizes the obviousness of the speaker's point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If she'd said it earlier, it wouldn't be like this.”
“Wait. Is it that urgent? Can't you leave tomorrow morning?”
“You should have told me in advance.”