- 你偷听我们的谈话了吗？ - 很难不去听
“- Were you listening? - [Martin] It was hard not to.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而是要和加斯珀聊
“With Jasper.”
- 你 偷听 我们 的 谈话 了吗 ？ - 很难不 去 听
“- Were you listening? - [Martin] It was hard not to.”
“It's actually easy. Just mind your own fucking business.”
“I heard everything, but it is your fault for being so loud.”
Confronting someone about eavesdropping challenges interpersonal boundaries; responding that it was unavoidable shifts the responsibility onto the speaker for lacking discretion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to eavesdrop; to overhear intentionally
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to accuse someone of listening in on private conversations.
hard not to (do something)
A very useful double-negative construction used to describe something virtually irresistible or inevitable.
Marks a direct yes-no question with an inquiring, accusatory edge.
