起初我也以为 这事跟以前一样
“At first, I also thought it was just like before,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You still talk so harshly.”
起初我也以为 这事 跟以前一样
“At first, I also thought it was just like before,”
“that the leaders were afraid that if the issues were spread out, it would cause more serious troubles.”
“I was naive at first, but this problem goes way deeper than routine office cover-ups.”
Chinese institutional culture often favors suppressing controversies to avoid disruption, though speakers may recognize when a crisis exceeds conventional management.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at first; initially
Commonly sets up a contrast between an earlier mistaken assumption and current reality.
the same as...
The standard comparative structure used to equate two situations, objects, or behaviors.
Not a particle, but an adverb; no modal particle is present in this turn.
