他却只评价了一句
“and all he said was,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有六处主政 是王玄范的门生
“involved in riverworks corruption were held by Wang Xuanfan's disciples,”
他却只 评价了一句
“and all he said was,”
“Given the severity of the situation, his mild reaction is very suspicious and tells us everything.”
High-ranking officials in historical Chinese court politics often avoid strong rhetoric to keep their true alliances ambiguous and retain plausible deniability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
offered a brief remark / commented merely once
Useful when introducing someone's succinct or surprisingly restrained response to an event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You really think highly of him.”
“That is only your word.”
“and it is hard to say this does not also mean”
“They think highly of him. Impossible. He is a gambler.”
“Maybe he told the truth.”
“I was simply saying”