你知道她的父母在哪
“Do you know where her parents are?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你了解她的家庭吗
“Do you know about her family?”
你知道 她的 父母在哪
“Do you know where her parents are?”
“An outstanding student like her actually dropped out of her Ph.D. program.”
“You don't even know the basics about her family, which means she is keeping secrets from you.”
In Chinese culture, knowing someone's parents and their whereabouts is considered fundamental to truly knowing a person and their social reliability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
where is / where are
Common everyday inquiry asking for the location of someone or something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now that Father knows where she is,”
“Where's my daughter?! Where is she?!”
“Have you ever thought about your biological parents?”
“I know where she is.”
“♪ Obsession melts to ink, sorrow staining line by line ♪ Do you not know how her parents died?”
“but don't know which sect she's from?”