我考不上 你没试过你咋知道呢
“I won't make it. You haven't tried, so how do you know?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
磨叽啥呢
“Stop hesitating.”
我 考不上 你没试过你咋知道 呢
“I won't make it. You haven't tried, so how do you know?”
快
“Come on.”
“Stop being a coward and making excuses before you have even made an effort.”
Widely used across Northern China in everyday spoken Mandarin as a casual, punchier substitute for '怎么' (how/why).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to pass an entrance examination
A potential complement indicating the inability to achieve a passing score or admission.
how would you know
Colloquial northern expression using '咋' (zǎ) instead of '怎么' (zěnme) to challenge an ungrounded assumption.
Softens the rhetorical question while prompting the listener to reflect critically on their assumption.