大姐 你竟然在睡觉
“Gosh, you were sleeping?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
喂 小羽 你给我打电话了 我刚睡醒
“Hello, Yu? You called me? I just woke up.”
大姐 你 竟然在睡觉
“Gosh, you were sleeping?”
钱菲
“Qian Fei.”
“Wake up! How can you be asleep when we have urgent things to do?”
Calling a female friend or close colleague 'dajie' (big sister) is often done playfully to show intimacy and dramatize lighthearted frustration.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
elder sister; informal address for a peer female friend or older woman
Used colloquially among friends or colleagues to express affectionate exasperation or dramatic emphasis.
unexpectedly; to one's surprise
Placed before the verb to express strong surprise or disbelief that something happened.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Madam, let me ask you something.”
“Ma'am, Please have mercy and let us in.”
“Can't you fall asleep, Miss?”
“Zhao, take your time and read. I'll go out first. Okay.”
“It's bedtime. Just for a little while.”
“Mrs. Zhao won't sleep a wink all night.”