那能是一回事吗
“How can it be the same thing?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那 能 是 一回事 吗
“How can it be the same thing?”
咱家这好日子
“We've only had a good life”
“You're completely wrong to compare these two situations; they are entirely different.”
Chinese speakers often rely on rhetorical questions like '那能...吗' among close relations to emphasize common-sense distinctions without needing formal logic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be the same thing
Commonly used in both affirmative and negative contexts to compare situations, circumstances, or logic.
Forms a rhetorical question with '那能...', emphasizing the impossibility that the two matters are identical.