是有人跟你们嚼舌根吗 这你不用管
“Did someone gossip to you? That's not your concern.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们就是工作关系
“We're just business partners.”
是 有人 跟你们 嚼舌根 吗 这 你不用管
“Did someone gossip to you? That's not your concern.”
我们有我们了解信息的渠道
“We have ways to gather information.”
“Mind your own business; where I heard it is none of your concern.”
Accusing someone of 'chewing tongue' highlights the strong social stigma attached to malicious backbiting, while responding with 'you don't need to care' sets a stark boundary denying the other person social face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to gossip behind someone's back or stir up trouble with rumors
A highly colloquial, derogatory idiom used when accusing someone of spreading malicious rumors.
none of your business / you don't need to worry about this
A direct and blunt way to set boundaries and shut down further questioning.
Marks a direct yes-no question with an underlying tone of suspicion or confrontation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“These gossipers”
“those wagging tongues together”
“How can you spread such gossip?”
“I'm not someone who spreads gossip.”
“why are you so fond of chewing on other people's gossip?”
“I was afraid you'd think I was gossiping or annoying.”