我隔三岔五地搬家
“to avoid him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一开始为了躲着他
“At first, I kept moving”
我 隔三岔五 地 搬家
“to avoid him.”
后来
“Later, I unexpectedly discovered I was pregnant.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every now and then; frequently
An idiomatic colloquial adverbial phrase emphasizing unpredictable frequency or doing something every few days.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“no matter how carefully we moved,”
“If I hadn't moved, I would've never realized I had this much stuff.”
“I'll also move there soon.”
“you must be exhausted from moving these past couple of days.”
“Wherever we went, they followed.”
“Are you back to pack up things and move out?”