这脖子上的伤到底是怎么回事 蚊子咬的
“what happened to the injury on your neck. It's a mosquito bite.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这脖子上的伤 到底是怎么回事 蚊子咬的
“what happened to the injury on your neck. It's a mosquito bite.”
“How big was the mosquito that you needed a medicated patch for? Take it off and let me see.”
“Do not look too closely; it is just a bug bite, nothing you should worry about.”
Claiming that neck bruises or marks are mere 'mosquito bites' is a widespread conversational trope in modern Chinese pop culture to avoid intimate or awkward scrutiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what on earth is going on; what is this actually about
A set phrase used to demand the true truth behind a confusing or suspicious situation.
bitten by a mosquito; a mosquito bite
Frequently used colloquially (and often facetiously) to explain away hickeys or inexplicable bruises.
Functions within the shi...de cleft construction to emphasize the agent or cause of the injury.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That explains her neck injury.”
“The wound on your neck looks pretty deep.”
“What was the wound on her neck”
“Your face has been bitten by bugs.”
“That's definitely not a mosquito bite.”
“Then what about the injury on your hand?”