掌珠在 有些话不方便说
“Zhangzhu is there. Some things are not convenient to say.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你下来干吗呀
“Why did you come down?”
掌珠在 有些话 不方便说
“Zhangzhu is there. Some things are not convenient to say.”
怎么样
“So?”
“I cannot speak freely around Zhangzhu, so I stepped away.”
Refraining from speaking openly around certain relatives or children is a common way to avoid conflict, anxiety, or loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inconvenient / inappropriate
A common polite euphemism to express that social or privacy conditions prevent an action.
certain things / some words
Used to vaguely refer to sensitive information without spelling out details.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Zhangzhu, stay a few more days at Ms. Lin's place.”
“Zhangzhu is your assistant? Answer my question first. What do you want?”
“Zhangzhu likes He Han. I'm sure you know.”
“Zhangzhu, what's the title of that new novel your company's planning to promote?”
“Zhangzhu is twenty-two. She's not twelve.”
“call Zhangzhu and tell her”