是小晚自作主张打电话叫他来的
“Wan called him on her own.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
第一
“First of all,”
是 小晚 自作主张 打电话 叫他来 的
“Wan called him on her own.”
第二 人家很忙
“Second, he's swamped.”
“Don't blame me for his presence; I didn't invite him.”
Making decisions on behalf of friends or colleagues without asking often violates social etiquette in modern Chinese interpersonal relations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to act on one's own initiative without consultation
Used critically when someone makes an unauthorized decision that causes inconvenience to others.
Part of the cleft construction '是...的' emphasizing the agent who performed the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why did you call us so late at night?”
“Why are you calling so late?”
“Who's ringing me up this late?”
“But why didn't he tell me when I called him?”
“Sorry for calling you out so late.”
“You called me this late just for that?”