我自己都不敢多来 生怕被人截和
“I didn't even dare come here often myself— afraid someone might swoop in and take it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
茅老师 真不是我故意瞒着您 是您太引人注目了
“Mr. Mao, I truly wasn't trying to keep it from you. It's just that you attract too much attention.”
我 自己 都不敢 多来 生怕 被人 截和
“I didn't even dare come here often myself— afraid someone might swoop in and take it.”
别的开发商就不说了 这要是罗家人提前察觉
“Other developers aside, if the Luo family had caught wind of it early on,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Commercial land bidding often involves cutthroat rivalries, where showing up visibly at a target location can alert competitors and drive up bidding prices.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for fear that / deeply afraid that
Used to introduce an unfavorable scenario that motivates the speaker's cautious behavior.
snatch at the last moment / beat someone to the punch
Originally a Mahjong term, widely used in business and everyday spoken Mandarin to describe having a deal snatched away by a third party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You take it easy, now. It's bad for you.”
“She insists on coming here when she found out Tong was here. I followed her because I was worried.”
“Don't worry about me.”
“I did not want this either.”
“One says they don't dare, and another says they're unwilling.”
“I dared not check or ask.”