同路客 你不是说一时半会儿 淹不上来吗
“Fellow traveler, didn't you say it wouldn't flood up for a while?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We won't be in danger anytime soon. Just relax.”
同路客 你不是说 一时半会儿 淹不上来 吗
“Fellow traveler, didn't you say it wouldn't flood up for a while?”
“Are we about to meet there, fellow traveler?”
“You promised we were safe, but we're about to drown!”
Chinese speakers often frame blame or panic through negative rhetorical questions ('Didn't you say...?') rather than explicit accusations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a short while / for the moment
A colloquial northern Chinese time expression referring to an immediate, short timeframe, often used in negative contexts.
cannot flood up (to this level)
A potential complement structure indicating inability of water levels to reach a certain height.
Used at the end of a rhetorical negative question to confront the listener about a failed prediction.
