你不是偷偷 跟他联系过吗
“You've contacted him in secret, haven't you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你哥大学的事 都不怎么跟你说 怎么可能跟我说呢
“Ling Xiao tells you little about his university days, how could he tell me about it?”
你 不是 偷偷 跟他联系过吗
“You've contacted him in secret, haven't you?”
我只是单方面 把你的消息 汇报给他
“I just reported the information about you to him.”
“Don't act like you don't know anything; I know you two have been talking behind my back.”
In Chinese relational networks (Guanxi), people often maintain indirect communication lines through mutual friends to monitor family members or estranged friends.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to contact secretly / to keep in touch behind someone's back
Used when communicating with someone without letting third parties know.
didn't you...? / weren't you...?
A standard rhetorical construction used to confirm known information or challenge a contradictory claim.
Forms a question that strongly expects an affirmative answer or an explanation.
