他这几天去上海 我飞一趟
“He will go to Shanghai. I'll fly there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想私下和他约一下
“I want to meet him in private.”
他这几天去上海 我 飞一趟
“He will go to Shanghai. I'll fly there.”
“Meeting in Shanghai is definitely better than meeting in Guangzhou.”
“I need to strike while the iron is hot and catch him in neutral territory to win him over.”
In Chinese business culture, meeting a contact while traveling to their temporary location often breaks routine defenses and fosters deeper personal connections.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
take a quick flight / make a trip by air
The measure word '趟' implies a round-trip journey for a specific errand or business mission.
these past few days / the next few days
Used colloquially to refer to a vague, short window of time around the present.