火哥的名气一直是在外的
“Huo, your reputation has always been well-known.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不相信我们
“You don't trust us?”
火哥的名气一直是在外的
“Huo, your reputation has always been well-known.”
“But this is our first time working together after all.”
“I know you are a big deal, but business is business and we still need to be careful.”
In Chinese business talks, one frequently flatters the partner's prestige first to maintain harmony and protect their face before setting boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
widely renowned; famous outside one's immediate circle
Used as a formal or semi-formal compliment to acknowledge someone's established public reputation.
Functions in the 'shi...de' construction to emphatically affirm an existing fact or state.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't you see how jealous Huo is?”
“Feng, you're amazing!”
“They almost took down Huo's entire operation.”
“Feng broke up with her ages ago. She's the shameless one”
“and someone called him Brother Fei Ting.”
“Huo is quite a character.”