他就偷偷地跑出来
“So he snuck out”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这不听说你们团 来这儿演出吗
“Then he heard your troupe was performing here.”
他就 偷偷地跑出来
“So he snuck out”
看一眼
“to see her.”
“He really cares about seeing you, even taking the risk of sneaking away.”
Art troupes (wentuantuan) in Chinese culture often tour specific regions, creating rare and exciting occasions that prompt acquaintances to visit across distances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
secretly / stealthily
Used before verbs to indicate that an action is performed covertly without permission or detection.
slip out / run out
A directional complement phrase commonly used when describing escaping or sneaking away from a confined place.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“so I snuck out without my family's knowledge.”
“sneak out in the middle of the night,”
“"He then snuck out and left the boy alone in the chamber."”