这都是些风言风语
“These are all rumors.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
房系
“The Secretariat faction?”
这 都是 些 风言风语
“These are all rumors.”
上海兴亚报国会
“The Shanghai Asia Development Service Association,”
“Do not take this talk seriously; it is completely unverified nonsense.”
In Chinese institutional culture, labeling troublesome reports as mere rumors allows officials to deflect scrutiny without directly confirming or refuting specific facts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
groundless talk, idle rumors, slanderous gossip
Use this four-character idiom to brush aside unconfirmed gossip or malicious chatter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As for rumors on the streets,”
“Most of it is groundless rumor.”
“rumors and pressure.”
“(spread through Chang'an.)”
“(Rumors are rampant,)”
“that today's rumors”
“people are spreading rumors.”