你不是晚上才回来的吗 那个会没什么意思
“Weren't you supposed to be back only at night? That meeting was boring,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不许说什么
“What is he not supposed to say?”
你 不是 晚上 才回来 的吗 那个 会 没什么意思
“Weren't you supposed to be back only at night? That meeting was boring,”
我开溜了
“so I slipped away.”
“You're back already? I bet that event was a total snooze-fest.”
In close relationships, partners or friends often ask rhetorical questions with pre-guessed answers to show intimacy and mutual understanding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't/wasn't...?; thought that...
Used in rhetorical questions to seek confirmation of an assumed prior fact.
not very interesting; boring; pointless
A very common colloquial way to express that an event, person, or activity is dull.
Softens the rhetorical question while inviting confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you just getting back? Were you in meetings all night?”
“I thought you weren't coming back tonight.”
“Why are you back so late?”
“why did I come back so late tonight?”
“Didn't you say you'd come over tonight?”
“Why are you back so late? Where did you go?”