我话里话外问过他好几回
“I've hinted at it several times,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我话里话外问过他好几回
“I've hinted at it several times,”
他都没有改口
“yet he never gave a different answer.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese communication often relies on delicate, indirect probing ('between the lines') to gauge another's true intentions without causing embarrassment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
between the lines; overtly and covertly
An idiomatic spoken collocation describing hints dropped both directly and indirectly through speech.
several times
A very natural spoken alternative to 多次 (multiple times).
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've told you so many times.”
“Like I've told you several times now, he never mentioned her.”
“I already asked him. He said he's out of town”
“How many times have I told you?”
“[woman] How many times did I ask you to check?”
“Did he ever mention me?”