不是说之前干过吗
“Didn't you say you had experience with this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
快点吧
“Hurry it up.”
不是说之前干过吗
“Didn't you say you had experience with this?”
“The last inn I was at had bad business.”
“You're so slow and clumsy, did you lie on your resume?”
In spoken Chinese, especially in supervisory or service contexts, rhetorical questions using '不是说……吗' are frequently used to express irritation and call out shortcomings rather than genuine inquiry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't you say that...? / wasn't it supposed to be...?
A classic rhetorical pattern to point out a contradiction between what was claimed and what is happening.
done it before; have prior experience doing this
A casual, colloquial way to refer to previous work experience.
Transforms the statement into a rhetorical question expressing doubt and dissatisfaction.
