晓兰每天事那么多 那么忙 我没告诉她
“Xiaolan has so much on her plate. She's so busy. I didn't tell her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你刚才说 你碰见小偷的那个事情 晓兰她知道吗
“You mentioned earlier that you ran into a thief. Does Xiaolan know about it?”
晓兰每天 事那么多 那么忙 我没 告诉 她
“Xiaolan has so much on her plate. She's so busy. I didn't tell her.”
也是
“Makes sense.”
“She already has enough on her plate, so I chose to protect her by keeping quiet.”
In Chinese family ethics, individuals often deliberately hide personal misfortunes, accidents, or illness from loved ones so as not to add emotional burden to their already stressful lives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having so much to deal with; swamped with tasks
An informal spoken expression highlighting that someone has a heavy workload or many chores.
did not tell; withheld information from
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to state non-disclosure of news or events.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Xiaolan, I'm leaving this to you.”
“Xiaolan! This has nothing to do with us.”
“When will Xiaolan be here? And by the way, about last night— what happened?”
“Xiaolan has also reached out through the magazine agency. We're working on both fronts. Alright.”
“Xiaolan won't get upset over something like this.”
“Xiaolan is amazing.”