我前段时间听我妈提过两嘴
“My mom mentioned something a while back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
刚被方穆扬那么一搅和 我差点给忘了 你说
“Fang Muyang interrupted earlier, and I almost forgot. Go on.”
我前段 时间 听我妈 提过两嘴
“My mom mentioned something a while back.”
“For the past few years, you've been trying really hard to get into college.”
“I'm not prying on purpose; I just happened to hear my mom bring it up.”
Chinese speakers often attribute knowledge to casual family gossip to avoid sounding intrusive or overly inquisitive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a while ago; some time back
A vague temporal marker widely used in colloquial speech to refer to recent past events.
mentioned in passing; briefly brought up
An authentic Beijing/Northern colloquial expression denoting casual, brief remarks.