最近他可与何人过从甚密
“Who has he been associating with lately?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姓齐的米商
“The rice merchant surnamed Qi?”
最近他可与何人过从甚密
“Who has he been associating with lately?”
“It's said to be a rice merchant from the Capital, surnamed Qi.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical and legal contexts, officials adopt classical idioms like '过从甚密' to convey authority, gravity, and formal rigor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to associate closely; to be in frequent contact with
A classical four-character idiom (chengyu) typically found in formal, literary, or period contexts describing intimate associations.
whom; which person
A formal, classical pronoun equivalent to modern spoken '谁' (shéi).
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Has he been closely interacting with someone recently?”
“who she was close to”
“but these three were very close back in the day.”