之前我们不是说好了吗
“But we agreed on that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But I can't afford it. Could you pay me the annual rent?”
之前我们 不是说好了吗
“But we agreed on that.”
最近裴姐呢
“I'm a bit short”
“You are breaking your word, and I expect you to honor what we already agreed to.”
Informal and semi-formal transactions in China frequently rely on verbal commitments, making sudden reversals a direct challenge to trustworthiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
agreed upon / settled
Use this to indicate that a plan or deal has already been finalized by mutual consensus.
isn't it the case that...
A rhetorical question pattern used to point out contradictions or remind someone of a fact.
Forms a rhetorical question that challenges the listener to deny the prior agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't we agree on this?”
“How can you break it?”
“♪ The stars flow across the sky, and I walk this road with you ♪ didn't we already make a pact in the very beginning? ♪ From strangers, our hearts slowly grow close ♪”
“Lin Chen, didn't we?”
“But isn't that up to us?”
“Well, didn't we agree before?”
“We had a deal.”
“Didn't we agree to it?”
“Didn't we agree to start fresh?”
“Didn't we agree on this? How did things turn out this way?”
“Wasn't it agreed it would be you?”
“Weren't these already decided?”