不是李娟告诉我的 我是从其他渠道 了解到的
“Li Juan didn't tell me. I got it from somewhere else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You borrowed three million from the bank. What are you investing in?”
不是 李娟 告诉我 的 我是 从其他 渠道 了解 到的
“Li Juan didn't tell me. I got it from somewhere else.”
你背后调查我
“You investigated me?”
“Don't go blaming Li Juan; I have my own ways of finding out what you are hiding.”
In Chinese interpersonal and business networks, protecting one's source of information prevents internal conflict and preserves back-channel access.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
other channels or alternative sources
A common professional idiom used to remain vague about information sources.
to find out; to learn of
Used in formal or semi-formal settings to describe acquiring verified facts.
Part of the cleft construction '是...的' emphasizing the means and origin of the information.