我们关系还不好 所以你不认识 这是凌霄
“when you graduated, so you don't know her. This is Ling Xiao.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我介绍一下 这是唐灿 在你们毕业的时候
“Let me introduce. This is Tang Can. We were not good friends”
我们关系还 不好 所以你 不认识 这是凌霄
“when you graduated, so you don't know her. This is Ling Xiao.”
你好唐灿
“Hello, Tang Can.”
“Don't feel awkward that you don't recognize him; we weren't close back then either.”
In Chinese social etiquette, preemptively explaining why someone is a stranger prevents social embarrassment and facilitates comfortable introductions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
relationship was not close yet
Useful for contextualizing why two people are unfamiliar or explaining past social distance.
this is...
The standard, natural colloquial formula for introducing someone to another person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You probably didn't know, my son Ling Xiao”
“Haven't you seen how depressed Ling Xiao was in these days?”
“What's going on with you and Ling Xiao?”
“But now, when I meet Ling Xiao, I have no idea what I should say.”
“Ling Xiao is in love with someone else.”
“In the evening, if she can't see Ling Xiao again, she would make a tearful scene.”