就像你说的 他就是在那儿挑拨离间
“Just like you said, he was trying to drive a wedge between us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就那样呗
“It was alright.”
就像你 说的 他就是 在那儿 挑拨离间
“Just like you said, he was trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“But I stayed firm and still kept it polite. You know,”
“You called it perfectly; he was totally trying to pit people against each other.”
Everyday spoken Chinese frequently incorporates idioms like '挑拨离间' to concisely characterize interpersonal politics and moral failings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just like you said; as you mentioned
Used to validate the listener's past prediction or opinion before providing corroborating evidence.
to drive a wedge between people; sow discord
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) describing manipulative attempts to ruin relationships.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The last thing I need is to look like I'm stirring things up.”
“even sowing discord among them.”
“It's clearly a setup to stir up trouble.”
“I won't allow you to sow discord here.”
“so he sowed discord between me and my family.”
“So he sowed discord between us.”
“stop trying to drive a wedge between people.”
“They are clearly trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“and drive a wedge between us brothers.”
“Besides, he started this whole thing. We can't avoid it.”