这赵夫人一开始还顾左右而言他
“Madam Zhao was evasive at first,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Reasonable on the surface, but still faintly suspicious.”
这赵夫人 一开始还顾左右而言他
“Madam Zhao was evasive at first,”
被我和冷月忽悠了几句
“but after a few words from Leng Yue and me,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using classical idioms like '顾左右而言他' (derived from Mencius) in spoken narrative demonstrates eloquence and concisely paints deliberate evasion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to evade the issue; talk of other things to dodge a direct answer
A classic four-character idiom derived from classical Chinese, used to criticize or describe someone deliberately dodging an awkward topic.
at the beginning; initially
Useful temporal discourse marker to show how someone's attitude shifted over time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and now it concerns the Zhao Residence.”
“That could only be the Zhao family forcing hush money upon you.”
“Madam Zhang, I'm sorry.”
“If the Marchioness finds out,”
“become a marchioness?”
“to you, my wife. Otherwise, I would have suffered a loss again.”