我徒弟冉方旭 你不认识吗？
“My apprentice, Ran Fangxu. You don't know him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We won't hold you up. What do you mean by who?”
我徒弟冉方旭 你 不认识吗 ？
“My apprentice, Ran Fangxu. You don't know him?”
冉方旭不是已经死了吗？
“Isn't Ran Fangxu already dead?”
“Don't pretend you don't know who my apprentice Ran Fangxu is.”
In traditional trades and public security sectors in China, the mentor-disciple bond creates a profound personal and professional tie.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't you know / recognize him?
A rhetorical negative question used when the speaker strongly expects the listener should know the person.
Turns the negative statement into a pointed tag question challenging the listener's awareness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My disciple isn't bad either.”
“What has that disciple of yours gotten himself into again? What are you saying?”
“That talk about your apprentice”
“What has that disciple of yours gotten himself into again?”
“Your apprentice? Why would I have brought him here with me, otherwise?”
“Your disciple is quit good. He's made some progress.”