听说他只有一个女儿
“I heard he only had one daughter,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妻子过世
“and his wife passed away.”
听说他只有一个女儿
“I heard he only had one daughter,”
还是个哑巴
“who is mute.”
“You know his family situation is quite pitiful, right?”
Sharing personal family circumstances is a staple of everyday gossip in tight-knit Chinese communities, often serving as social bonding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hear that; it is said that
A very common conversational opener used to introduce unverified or secondhand information.
only have one
Used to emphasize limitation or exclusivity in quantity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he had a daughter also.”
“He thought he was my only son,”
“So you're not his daughter at all?”
“He rarely mentions his daughter to others”
“It all came from his daughter.”
“I've already lost a daughter.”