别让别人听到了
“Or people might hear us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小声点
“Keep it down.”
别让别人 听到了
“Or people might hear us.”
阿姐是为了救人
“I did it to save his life.”
“Keep your voice down, or we will both get caught and be in deep trouble.”
A deeply rooted practical awareness in Chinese society emphasizing extreme caution when discussing sensitive family or emergency matters in proximity to outsiders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't let / avoid letting
A causative negative structure commonly used to urge prevention of an undesirable outcome.
to hear / to overhear
A resultative complement combining '听' (listen) with '到' (achieve perception).
Marks the emergence of an undesirable completed event that must be actively prevented.