咱们偷偷摸摸的
“We can keep it a secret.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
咱们偷偷摸摸的
“We can keep it a secret.”
陈员外说了
“Master Chen said,”
“I hate having to sneak around like a coward; this feels wrong.”
Chinese culture values doing things openly and uprightly; acting 'sneaky' often carries moral embarrassment and undermines one's dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
surreptitious; sneakily; on the sly
Use this AABB reduplicated idiom to describe actions done covertly, usually with a negative or suspicious connotation.
Emphasizes the persistent descriptive state of being secretive.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are we sneaking around?”
“What were you two secretly talking about?”
“I wasn't sneaking around. If I really wanted to sneak around,”
“is such backstabbing and shady schemes.”
“You want to like her secretly?”
“Sneaking around, buying land in Shanxi”