我定的房子 被房东租给他亲戚了
“The house I ordered was rented to a relative of the owner.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“when are you going to move in?”
我定的房子 被 房东 租给他亲戚了
“The house I ordered was rented to a relative of the owner.”
“A cool man moved in the house opposite.”
“I can't move in because my landlord backed out at the last minute for his family.”
In informal Chinese transactions, personal relationships and kinship obligations often supersede informal verbal agreements.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the reserved/booked apartment
Used colloquially when referring to a rental unit or property that one has placed a deposit on.
rent out to
Standard directional verb construction for leasing property to someone.
Indicates completion of an event with a resulting current situation that disrupts expectations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yeah. I'm a relative of the owner.”
“The lease for that place hasn't expired yet, right?”
“You rented this dump, didn't you? Did you discuss it with me first?”
“Let's see who still dares to rent to him.”
“so I rented a house and stayed there.”
“I actually have a spare room at my place. It's a deal.”