越来越沉默寡言
“He became more and more quiet.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Not a day went by without Shouchang feeling guilty.”
越来越 沉默寡言
“He became more and more quiet.”
平时也就和染墨画馆 一个叫王信的玉雕师傅
“But he did occasionally chat with a jade carver named Wang Xin,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese family dynamics, psychological trauma and filial guilt are often manifested through internal withdrawal and silence rather than outward outbursts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
taciturn; habitually silent
A four-character idiom (chengyu) describing someone who speaks very little due to personality or trauma.
more and more; increasingly
Precedes adjectives or psychological verbs to express a progressive degree.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“small and frail, and of few words.”
“You may have misunderstandings about being quiet.”
“and say nothing.”
“(and say nothing.)”
“She is the quiet type. Quite dull.”