以他的名义借给吴达了
“I got a classmate to lend it to Wu Da in his name.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我找了一个同学
“I got a classmate to lend it to Wu Da in his name.”
以他的名义 借给 吴达了
“I got a classmate to lend it to Wu Da in his name.”
那之后呢
“Then what?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese financial dealings among acquaintances, people often use trusted mutual friends to broker loans to preserve face or maintain deniability if defaults occur.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the name of ... / on behalf of ...
A versatile formal or informal construction specifying whose legal or social identity an action was performed under.
Marks the completion of the lending action in the past.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why did I have to lend Wu Da the money to buy that apartment?”
“Their wedding was just Wu Da's scheme to rake in cash gifts.”
“You called Wu Da a deadbeat. What did you mean?”
“This money was borrowed under my name,”
“So you fronted him the cash.”
“It's said Liao Guangyong lent him the car.”