当着全国人民的面撒谎
“You lied right in front of the whole nation.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还感谢你的教授和父母来着 是吧
“I remember you thanked your professor and your parents, right?”
当着 全国人民 的面撒谎
“You lied right in front of the whole nation.”
我采访采访你
“Let me interview you.”
“You have no shame whatsoever doing this on national television.”
Framing wrongdoing as deceiving 'the whole nation' intensifies moral condemnation by highlighting the extreme breach of public trust.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
right in front of someone / to someone's face
A frequent pattern used to highlight that an action is done brazenly or publicly in someone's direct presence.
to tell lies
Common everyday term for lying, slightly more colloquial than 说谎.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So you'd rather lie and pretend everything's fine?”
“everyone is lying?”
“One of them has to be lying.”