他何时是个藏得住话的人 既然如此
“Since when could he ever keep a secret? In that case, you must want to kill me right now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他何时是个 藏得住话 的人 既然如此
“Since when could he ever keep a secret? In that case, you must want to kill me right now.”
“In that case, you must want to kill me right now.”
“Of course he spilled the secret, so let's stop pretending and get down to business.”
Once a critical truth is out in an adversarial relationship, Chinese rhetoric shifts abruptly from evasion to direct fatalistic confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to keep a secret; tight-lipped
Commonly negated (藏不住话) to characterize someone prone to gossiping or leaking secrets.
since that is the case; in that case
Used to signal an acceptance of an established premise and pivot to consequential action.