只是听他们的话里话外呢
“But from their conversation,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看来早就是 打了走警察内部人路子的主意了
“they've planned to exploit police connections.”
只是 听 他们 的 话里话外 呢
“But from their conversation,”
我总感觉其实他们原本 并不知道叶谦
“I feel they actually don't know Ye Qian has this kind of connection.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese culture relies heavily on reading implied messages, making the ability to decipher 'words inside and outside' an essential analytical and social skill.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
both the explicit words and the implicit subtext / reading between the lines
A highly idiomatic four-character expression referring to both direct and hidden meanings in speech.
Creates a slight conversational pause after a topical phrase to draw the listener's attention to the upcoming deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We didn't mean to overhear.”
“-Listen. Isn't that what people say? -The Marquis of Wu'an really died.”
“You said you would obey, didn't you?”
“can tell they're not telling the truth.”
“They just invite themselves over”
“Listen to what they say about us.”