你没看那上面写的吗 末班车二十一点四十分
“Didn't you see what it says? Last bus at 21:40.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's fine. - Just wait a bit longer. - What?”
你没看那上面写的吗 末班车二十一点四 十分
“Didn't you see what it says? Last bus at 21:40.”
现在几点 二十一点四十八分
“What time is it now? 21:48.”
“Open your eyes; the bus has already left so stop wasting our time waiting.”
Chinese speakers frequently use negative rhetorical questions starting with '你没...吗' to point out an obvious mistake rather than stating the fact gently.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
last bus/train of the day
A common commuter term used when discussing public transit schedules at night.
what is written on it
Useful for directing someone's attention to signs, notices, or official boards.
Used at the end of a rhetorical negative question to convey disbelief and impatience.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“even miss the bus in the end.”
“Mr. Xiao, didn't you say you'd get off later?”
“He should have been home by 7:30. But it's past 11 already.”
“- I thought that it would end by 15:30. - Okay. I was late for over an hour.”
“How come you're back so quickly? Which train did you take?”
“Mr. Xiao, remember to get out later. I'm going first.”