听到霍公子这么说 那我可就放心了
“Hearing what you said, I feel so relieved.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听到霍公子 这么说 那我可就 放心了
“Hearing what you said, I feel so relieved.”
幸亏公子不肯回头 否则我还真无颜面对先严
“Thank you for not changing your mind. Otherwise, I really don't know how to face my late father.”
“Good, because I didn't want anything to do with you anyway.”
When facing an outright humiliation or severed ties, Chinese speakers often employ feigned gratitude and polite sarcasm to neutralize the embarrassment and claim the moral high ground.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hearing [someone] say so
A standard conversational frame used to react directly to an interlocutor's preceding statement.
can truly set one's mind at ease
Often used sincerely for relief, but frequently employed with emphatic '可' to deliver sharp irony or feigned unconcern.
Signals the emergence of a new state of relief, heightening the sarcastic effect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Huo Huaixin is quite the opportunist. However, Mr. Huo”
“I heard that Lord Huo interrogated even the guards of the Marquis Mansion last night. He questioned them all night long.”
“This morning, as soon as Prefect Huo gave the word that the investigation was complete,”
“Mr. Huo, I didn't realize that you're so familiar with female precepts.”
“Mr. Jing, you truly amuse me.”
“Prefect Huo really has staked everything on it.”