会不由自主地僵硬收缩
“involuntarily stiffens and tightens.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
脸上的皮肤
“the skin on their face”
会不由自主地僵硬收缩
“involuntarily stiffens and tightens.”
“To hide it, they display inappropriate forced smiles.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In both traditional Chinese detective fiction and modern forensics, keen observers scrutinize facial twitches and involuntary reactions to deduce psychological guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
involuntarily; cannot help doing something
A very common four-character idiom used to describe subconscious actions or uncontrollable emotional impulses.
stiffen and contract
A formal descriptive collocation used for physical muscles or tense bodily reactions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“A misjudgment”
“their face stiffens,”
“the stiffness of his limbs”
“are usually highly nervous.”
“You can't upset the patient at a time like this.”
“which your body couldn't handle,”