我不跟他断 就是为了不和凌霄断
“That I bother him always is because I wanna keep in touch with Ling Xiao.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是故意的
“I do it on purpose.”
我 不跟他断 就是为了 不和凌霄断
“That I bother him always is because I wanna keep in touch with Ling Xiao.”
你说凌和平那个 没心眼的直肠子 自己的儿子都快
“You know, Ling Heping is so kind and honest that his own son is almost gonna”
“I don't actually care about him; he is merely my only remaining conduit to stay connected with Ling Xiao.”
In Chinese relational networks (guanxi), maintaining ties with an intermediary is a common social and emotional strategy to preserve a fragile or strained primary bond.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to sever ties with someone
A concise, colloquial expression for cutting off communication or ending a personal relationship completely.
precisely for the purpose of
Used to emphasize the sole or primary motive behind an action that might otherwise be misunderstood.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's going on with you and Ling Xiao?”
“he'd cut me off.”
“Do you think we'll lose contact again in the future?”
“He'd never do that.”
“here and there. I meant to have the item fixed before bringing it back to you.”
“You must cut ties with her.”