是不是背着我偷偷谈恋爱了
“Have you been secretly seeing someone?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你老实交代啊
“Be honest.”
是不是 背着我偷偷谈恋爱 了
“Have you been secretly seeing someone?”
我谈哪门子恋爱
“Seeing who?”
“You're acting suspicious; spill the gossip right now!”
In close Chinese friendships, playfully demanding that a friend 'confess' their dating status is a hallmark of warmth and closeness rather than an invasion of privacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
behind my back
Used to describe doing something without letting a close friend or family member know.
to date; to be in a relationship
The most common idiomatic phrase in Chinese for being in a romantic relationship.
Indicates a new situation or change of state regarding the person's relationship status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“dating someone without telling us. - Yeah. - You must”
“Are you seeing someone?”
“I don't want to be a big sister when I'm dating.”
“I don't want to date.”
“Are you dating someone again?”
“The reason I don't date is for the other person's sake.”