没个把门的 说话没个深浅
“can keep my secret. She may rat me out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想 这个女人那个嘴里边
“I don't think that woman”
没个把门 的 说话没个深浅
“can keep my secret. She may rat me out.”
你说她万一 要是跟警察合作
“If she works with the police,”
“She cannot keep her mouth shut and will definitely betray us.”
Traditional Chinese morality strongly censures loose speech; someone without verbal boundaries ('no gatekeeper') is considered dangerous and untrustworthy in business and social networks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having no filter / unable to keep secrets
A vivid colloquial northern idiom describing someone whose mouth has 'no gatekeeper' and blurts things out recklessly.
lacking discretion / tactless
Describes words or behavior that show poor judgment, failing to recognize proper boundaries or severity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You must have been too vicious with your words,”
“You're a gatekeeper. Yet your mouth has no gate at all.”
“Look, I'm just talking nonsense. A couple of policemen”