也不跟你严叔叔打个招呼啊
“and didn't come to say hello to me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这到上海
“You came all the way to Shanghai”
也不 跟你严叔叔 打个招呼 啊
“and didn't come to say hello to me?”
那 那个
“Well... um...”
“You came all the way here and didn't contact me? Don't treat me like a stranger!”
When visiting a city where family elders or parents' close friends live, juniors are culturally expected to greet or visit them out of respect and kinship loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
say hello / drop a greeting / give a heads-up
Extremely versatile colloquial idiom used both for casual hellos and for informing someone beforehand.
didn't even... (expressing surprise/mild reproach)
A rhetorical pattern used to express mild criticism or surprise that an expected social duty was neglected.
Softens the rhetorical question into a friendly, teasing inquiry rather than a harsh accusation.
