半个多月了吧 这怎么后面还没下文了呢
“since our last meeting. How come there's still no follow-up?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们上回见完面 到今天得有
“It has been over half a month”
半个多月了 吧 这 怎么 后面 还没 下文了 呢
“since our last meeting. How come there's still no follow-up?”
“I have never seen a vendor be picky on clients.”
“They are completely ignoring us; why haven't they responded yet?”
In Chinese business culture, Party A (the paying client) traditionally expects deference and prompt follow-up from Party B (the service provider), making the vendor's silence unusually jarring.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no follow-up; left unresolved
Extremely frequent colloquial phrase describing an initiative or interaction that trailed off into silence.
over half a month
Standard conversational structure: time unit + 多 (more than) + counter/noun.
Softens the speaker's time estimation, inviting slight confirmation.
Indicates elapsed duration and the completion of a state.
Highlights the puzzled and mildly annoyed rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why hasn't there been any news?”
“For several days now, he hasn't proposed a single plan,”
“The third one was left unsaid on purpose,”