这工人不都齐了吗
“Aren't all the workers here?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
找什么工人啊
“What workers?”
这工人 不都齐了吗
“Aren't all the workers here?”
齐 齐了
“They are?”
“Why are you still looking? Everyone we need is already here.”
Using rhetorical negative questions is a very frequent spoken Chinese tactic to highlight self-evident circumstances and prevent redundant effort.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
aren't they all already...
A rhetorical pattern used to point out an obvious fact that contradicts someone else's assumption or action.
all present / complete
Used to confirm that all required people or items have assembled or been accounted for.
Forms a rhetorical question to highlight what the speaker perceives as obvious.