来的时候说得也挺好的
“also spoke very positively at first,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
之前有来过的律师
“Some lawyers who came before”
来 的时候 说 得 也挺好的
“also spoke very positively at first,”
但是当他们真的看到了那些
“but when they actually saw”
“Talk is cheap—they made grand promises at first, but bailed once they saw the real mess.”
Chinese interpersonal assessment heavily values follow-through over smooth rhetoric, viewing initial smooth talk with pragmatic skepticism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sounded quite good; spoke quite nicely
Often carries a subtext of reservation or irony, setting up a sharp 'but' in the subsequent clause.
at the time of coming; when they arrived
Standard temporal clause used to frame a retrospective comparison.
Marks an assertive descriptive state regarding their verbal promises.