声音那么大 二里地外都听见了
“were so loud that everyone there would have heard it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我先声明啊 我没偷听 你跟你小哥说话
“First of all, I didn't try to overhear. Ziqiu and you”
声音那么大 二里地 外 都听见了
“were so loud that everyone there would have heard it.”
我之前老挤对贺子秋 那也不能怪我呀
“I was mean to He Ziqiu, but it wasn't my fault.”
“Don't blame me for listening when you were practically screaming at the top of your lungs.”
Using traditional geographical units like 'li' (里) in hyperbole is a quintessentially northern Chinese rhetorical habit to defuse domestic tension through lighthearted exaggeration.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
such a loud voice / speaking so loudly
Common colloquial criticism or excuse for why privacy was breached.
two li (approximately one kilometer)
A traditional Chinese unit of distance used colloquially in northern Mandarin to exaggerate distance or volume.
Marks the completion of hearing and emphasizes the resultant state of exposure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your ears are sharp. Even heard it over there.”
“We heard it clearly even from far away.”
“Both my ears heard it! Your ears are so small!”
“They heard men and women moaning in there.”
“I'm glad to hear you speak your mind.”
“I heard your voice at the foot of the mountain just now.”