藤田司令官就向我表达了
“Commander Fujita has expressed to me”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
从我刚一到岛上
“Ever since I first arrived on the island,”
藤田司令官 就向我表达了
“Commander Fujita has expressed to me”
对叶老先生的尊重
“his respect for Elder Ye.”
“Even the highest commander respects you, so you should cooperate with us.”
In Chinese sociolinguistic contexts, highlighting that a high-ranking authority respects an elder is a powerful tool to build rapport and elicit cooperation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
expressed; conveyed
A formal collocation used in spoken and written Chinese to describe communicating feelings, attitudes, or opinions.
Marks the completion of the verbal action of expressing.