就背着才仁答应她了
“So I agreed behind Cairen's back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不忍心泼她的冷水
“I couldn't bear to dampen her spirits.”
就 背着 才仁 答应 她了
“So I agreed behind Cairen's back.”
可是没想到
“But I never expected...”
“I know I shouldn't have bypassed him, but I couldn't bring myself to break her heart.”
Chinese interpersonal dynamics often suffer friction when empathy (renqing) leads people to bypass official consensus or teammates' authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
behind someone's back
Used before a person's name or pronoun to indicate doing an action secretly without their knowledge.
to agree; to promise
Commonly followed by a recipient to indicate consenting to a request or plea.
Indicates completion of the action and realization of the committed mistake.