可是遇到什么麻烦?
“Are you in trouble?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在下只听将军之命
“I only take orders from the General.”
可是 遇到 什么 麻烦 ?
“Are you in trouble?”
不是
“No.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Asking tentatively whether someone has met difficulties softens the probe, avoiding direct confrontation while showing courteous attentiveness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to run into trouble / encounter problems
A standard, widely used phrase across formal and informal speech to describe facing difficulties.
could it be that...
When placed at the start of a question, it softens the inquiry to tentatively speculate about an underlying issue.