买马要试步伐 看人要看心眼
“Test a horse by its step, a person by their heart.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
信任在这儿
“It's here.”
买马要试步伐 看人要看心眼
“Test a horse by its step, a person by their heart.”
你这个人平时正得很 一到酒上 心眼就歪了
“You are usually upright. But you get shifty drinking.”
“Actions speak louder than appearances, so I am watching your true motives closely.”
Traditional Chinese culture relies heavily on agricultural or pastoral metaphors to convey shrewd principles of social appraisal and mutual trust.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when assessing a person, one must look at...
Used when giving evaluative life advice about interpersonal relationships.
heart / inner intention / cunningness
Can refer either to moral intentions or shrewd calculated motives depending on context.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“On horseback. I've been there. Remember?”
“Ride slowly! Be careful on the road! Okay! Hyah!”
“I can't wait to go horseback riding.”
“we can ride horses through the flower fields.”
“does it take to earn yourself a horse?”
“The stables have many horses. We can go pick some together.”