他与高罗迁相谈甚欢
“He was chatting happily with Gao Luoqian.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I ran into him at a post station outside the capital.”
他与高罗迁 相谈甚欢
“He was chatting happily with Gao Luoqian.”
他们来这里干什么
“What were they doing there?”
“They looked far too friendly, which means they are definitely colluding.”
In high-stakes political intrigue, appearing overly friendly or chummy with a rival or suspect immediately casts suspicion on one's loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
chatting very pleasantly; getting along wonderfully in conversation
A formal four-character literary idiom commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe an animated, congenial discussion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But Gao Luoqian has no sense of restraint.”
“has been helping Gao Luoqian.”
“Gao Luoqian must be tormenting him”
“Gao Luoqian won't be easy to pry open.”
“Though Gao Luoqian has been lawfully taken down,”
“Gao Luoqian suffered a complete defeat.”