没有曾子漩也有李子漩
“But in a place like that, it was either Zeng Zixuan or Li Zixuan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没让她去敬酒 但是那种地方
“I didn't tell her to toast. But in a place like that, it was either Zeng Zixuan or Li Zixuan.”
没有 曾子漩 也有 李子漩
“But in a place like that, it was either Zeng Zixuan or Li Zixuan.”
“Finding a woman to toast Xu wasn't hard.”
“She is completely replaceable; plenty of other women are lining up to do the exact same thing.”
Chinese speakers frequently replace a person's surname with common surnames like Li, Zhang, or Wang to signify 'any random person' and emphasize replaceability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even without A, there will still be B
Use this pattern—often swapping just the surname of a name—to express that a person or problem is easily replaceable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They have a few chat groups. What does Zeng Zixuan have to do with this?”
“(I can't deny Zeng Zixuan stunned me.) (For the first time, I was stunned by someone so much younger than me)”
“How did Zeng Zixuan end up at the booth?”
“Sorry, Zeng Zixuan.”
“(I needed to use Zeng Zixuan to clear my name.)”
“Zhao Mei, you're back. Let me introduce you. This is Zeng Zixuan.”