那个毛巾是让你 趁他们看不到的时候
“It was for you to spit out the drink when they weren't looking.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不把那汗都擦了吗 毛巾不是让你来擦汗的 是
“Didn't I wipe the sweat off? The towel wasn't for that.”
那个 毛巾是让你 趁他们看不到 的时候
“It was for you to spit out the drink when they weren't looking.”
偷偷吐酒用的
“to spit out the drink when they weren't looking.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
At Chinese business banquets (Jiu Ju), refusing alcohol openly can cause offense, leading guests to use covert survival tricks like spitting alcohol into a wet towel or tea cup.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
taking advantage of (a time or opportunity)
Essential preposition used to describe doing something stealthily or seizing an opportune moment.
when [someone] is not looking / out of sight
Everyday spoken phrase indicating an opportune blind spot.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can be seen without trying to please others. ♪Ah♪”
“It doesn't look good.”
“Can't you see they are playing rogue?”
“Oh no, you noticed.”
“It must've been one of my workers who bought it without thinking.”
“If they see that mess, who'd dare do business with us?”