也许他说了实话
“Maybe he told the truth.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都会注意的
“I'll keep your warnings in mind.”
也许 他 说了实话
“Maybe he told the truth.”
也许他没说全
“Maybe only part of it.”
“He might not be lying outright, but we cannot assume he gave us the full picture.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, truth is often layered; a statement may be factually true without telling the whole story.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to tell the truth
Widely used both in daily conversations and investigations to denote honest disclosure.
Marks the completed event of having spoken.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Even if he did say something,”
“And I was telling the truth.”
“I didn't expect everything he said to be true.”
“”
“I've told him the whole true story.”
“is this true?”