在座的各位一言不发
“yet everyone present remains silent.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是在你们崇灵谷丢的
“in your Chongling Valley,”
在座的 各位 一言不发
“yet everyone present remains silent.”
总得给我点赔偿吧
“You should at least offer me compensation, don't you think?”
“Your silence is an admission of fault; you cannot evade compensating me.”
In group disputes, remaining silent often serves as a defensive tactic to avoid taking direct accountability or losing face, which the speaker directly calls out.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
everyone present / ladies and gentlemen seated here
A formal address directed toward an entire audience or assembly in a room.
not saying a single word / keeping completely silent
Used idiomatically to criticize or observe an absolute refusal to speak.