我不想让第二个人知道
“I don't want anyone else to know.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I want to ask you a favor. What I just said,”
我不想 让 第二个 人 知道
“I don't want anyone else to know.”
田先生
“Mr. Tian.”
“Keep your mouth shut; this must remain strictly between you and me.”
Revealing secrets in Chinese interpersonal dynamics binds the listener to a reciprocal moral duty of strict discretion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a second person; anyone else
Idiomatic formula meaning 'anyone other than us two'.
do not want to let / do not want someone to
Standard pattern for expressing an objection or preference regarding someone else's action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How could I let anyone else know about it?”
“I don't want anyone to know about these things.”
“I don't want anyone to know about these things.”
“Don't let them know who I really am.”
“No one else can know about tonight's matter.”