当时所有人都知道 那你当时又在哪儿
“Everyone knew that back then! Then where were you at the time?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He jumped from the building himself!”
当时 所有人都知道 那你当时又 在哪儿
“Everyone knew that back then! Then where were you at the time?”
“I already explained. I wasn't at the stadium that day.”
“You claim everyone knows, but your own absence makes you look guilty.”
In Chinese interrogations or arguments, adding '又' before a question word sharply signals skepticism and challenges the listener's credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at that time / back then
Use to set the temporal context for an event or recollection in the past.
where on earth were (you)
The character 又 adds an emphatic, interrogative bite, often used when cross-examining someone's actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you were there at the time? Telling you something that clearly doesn't help me, why would I?”
“Everyone there knows”
“Do you know where you are?”
“Let me tell you. Many people had crushes on him back then.”
“Or perhaps you were actually at the scene?”
“You... When did you find out?”