他在这个事情上撒谎
“He lied about this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说他见过你了
“about having met you?”
他 在这 个事情上 撒谎
“He lied about this.”
“How can you be sure he hasn't lied about other things?”
“Because he lied here, nothing else he said can be trusted.”
In Chinese interpersonal and legal pragmatics, breaking trust on one point undermines a person's holistic credibility (chengxin), often disqualifying their word entirely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on this matter / regarding this issue
A standard spoken frame used to isolate a specific topic or incident before making a judgment.
to tell a lie
A direct and common informal term for lying, slightly more blunt than technical words like untruthful.