说是京城来的米商姓齐
“It's said to be a rice merchant from the Capital, surnamed Qi.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Who has he been associating with lately?”
说是 京城来的米商姓齐
“It's said to be a rice merchant from the Capital, surnamed Qi.”
就一天
“Just for 1 day?”
“This is what people claim he is, but he might just be using this identity as a cover.”
In hierarchical or intelligence-gathering contexts, subordinates preface claims with 'shuoshi' (it is said) to avoid punishment if the intelligence turns out to be false.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to associate closely with; to be in frequent contact with
A literary four-character idiom frequently found in historical dramas to describe suspicious or intimate ties.
it is said that; supposedly
Use this discourse marker to report information based on rumors or hearsay without personally verifying it.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That Qi is a mad dog.”
“is the descendant of the Cui clan of Qinghe”
“You people from merchant families are always so petty!”