医生不是都说了吗
“Didn't the doctor say”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
身体真的会不行的
“If you keep crying like this, your body really won't hold up.”
医生 不是都说了吗
“Didn't the doctor say”
陈辉脑子里的血块有变小
“that the blood clot in Chen Hui's brain is getting smaller?”
“Calm down, remember what the doctor told us.”
In Chinese family communication, quoting the doctor's explicit words is the standard pragmatic strategy to alleviate a relative's stubborn anxiety.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't [someone] already say so?
A common rhetorical pattern used to remind someone of prior information to counter their worry or doubt.
Forms a rhetorical question to prompt the listener to recall a shared fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The doctor said”
“didn't the doctor say”
“Didn't I just say? What Doctor Zhou said might not be accurate.”
“Have you called any physicians to check in on her? She insisted it wasn't necessary.”