只是谁都不愿意把这事说破
“but no one wants to bring it out in the open.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们什么事都知道
“They know everything,”
只是 谁都 不愿意 把这事 说破
“but no one wants to bring it out in the open.”
归根到底呀
“Ultimately,”
“Everyone knows the truth, but calling it out would ruin everything for all of us.”
In Chinese social interaction, maintaining mutual face often requires leaving awkward realities unspoken so that relationships remain formally viable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lay bare / to lay cards on the table / to bring into the open
A crucial pragmatic verb meaning to puncture a delicate tacit understanding by bluntly saying it out loud.
to reveal or puncture the unspoken truth about this matter
Use with the ba-construction when discussing sensitive topics that people knowingly leave unsaid.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(But no one wants to call it out.)”
“I don't want anyone to know about these things.”
“I don't want anyone to know about these things.”