任小名说根本没这个日记
“Ren Xiaoming denied having it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是柏庶说 那个日记在任小名手里
“But Bai Shu said the diary is in Ren Xiaoming's hands.”
任 小名 说 根本没 这个 日记
“Ren Xiaoming denied having it.”
那咱
“So,”
“Their stories do not match up, so someone is lying to us.”
When dealing with conflicting testimonies in Chinese contexts, speakers often directly quote third-party claims to maintain objective neutrality while highlighting the impasse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply do not have; not at all
Used to express an emphatic and absolute denial or absence of something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it is a civil dispute. What grounds do I have to ask Xiaoming to bring it out?”
“Ren Xiaoming. What did you buy?”
“(Ren Xiaoming, let me see what else you can stir up.)”
“Isn't Ren Xiaoming a proper name?”
“(So the diary was indeed in Ren Xiaoming's hands.)”
“Ren Xiaoming, get back here!”