你怎么能保证 他在别的事情上没有撒谎呢
“How can you be sure he hasn't lied about other things?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你 怎么能保证 他在别 的事情 上 没有 撒谎 呢
“How can you be sure he hasn't lied about other things?”
他电话打不通
“His phone is unreachable.”
“He lied once, so we cannot believe a single word he says.”
Traditional Chinese pragmatics often evaluates a person holistically; once moral integrity (chengxin) is broken on one issue, the entire character becomes suspect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can you guarantee
A frequent rhetorical device used to question an assumption or oppose unwarranted optimism.
regarding other matters
A flexible prepositional phrase used to broaden the scope of discussion beyond the current issue.
Softens the rhetorical question while prompting the interlocutor to seriously ponder the flaw in their reasoning.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Doesn't that prove he was lying?”
“Lying is not good.”
“He lied about this.”
“But I must not lie.”
“cheating and lying are absolutely unacceptable.”
“You're lying. No way.”