隔三差五的偷摸联系
“used to contact each other in secret all the time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
之前他和他那前妻
“He and his ex wife”
隔三差五 的 偷摸 联系
“used to contact each other in secret all the time.”
我也就忍了
“I put up with it.”
“They were doing shady things behind my back all the time.”
In modern Chinese romantic ethics, maintaining secretive contact with an ex-partner is viewed as a serious breach of trust and emotional fidelity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every now and then / frequently
An idiomatic colloquial phrase used to describe repeated occurrences occurring at short intervals.
surreptitiously / secretly
Spoken colloquial shorthand for '偷偷摸摸', emphasizing covert, sneaky behavior.
Functions here as an adverbial or nominalizing marker emphasizing the ongoing nature or state of the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He and his ex wife used to contact each other in secret all the time.”
“he started harassing Xie Wenle from time to time.”
“You've contacted him in secret, haven't you?”