听说胡小姐 就住在楼上
“Ms. Hu, I heard that you live just upstairs.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您在这里踩来踩去 地板弄脏了 我还得再拖一遍
“With you stomping all over the place, the floor will get dirty, and I'll have to mop it again.”
听说 胡小姐 就 住在楼上
“Ms. Hu, I heard that you live just upstairs.”
你听谁说的
“Who told you that?”
“Tell me if Miss Hu is upstairs, because that's the real reason I'm here.”
Using '听说' (I heard) allows the speaker to extract sensitive or personal information without directly admitting to investigating someone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hear that; allegedly; it is said
Used to introduce unverified information or to politely probe someone without sounding direct.
lives right (there); exactly lives
The emphatic '就' emphasizes proximity or precision in location.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then the whereabouts of your Ms. Hu—”
“Ms. Hu, you know this place so well. Sounds like you come here often.”
“I wonder if you'd be willing to give me another chance.”
“But I never expected Ms. Hu is also such a person.”
“I wonder if you'd be interested, Ms. Hu.”
“Ms. Hu and I were having a nice chat.”