我去找白德瑞 对他晓之以理 动之以情
“I went to see Barry. I reasoned with him,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Why did I go to Shanghai at that time? It was for you.”
我去 找白德瑞 对他 晓之以理 动之以情
“I went to see Barry. I reasoned with him,”
我希望他升你的职 我知道
“hoping he would promote you. I know.”
“Look how hard I fought and swallowed my pride for your sake.”
In close Chinese relationships, partners often leverage personal connections and make proactive career interventions for one another, which can later become points of contention or emotional debt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to reason with someone / to appeal to reason
A classical four-character idiom frequently paired with '动之以情' when describing persuasion methods.
to appeal to someone's emotions / to move with feelings
Commonly used in formal and spoken rhetoric to indicate persuasion based on emotional resonance.
