你怎么能跟他们一起说那种话
“How could you gossip with them like that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说说你都知道些啥
“Tell me what you know.”
你怎么能 跟他们 一起 说 那种 话
“How could you gossip with them like that?”
我说的是事实啊
“I was just stating the facts.”
“You should know better than to join those petty gossips in tearing someone down.”
Chinese interpersonal ethics place high value on loyalty and propriety within relationships; echoing outsiders' harmful gossip against an acquaintance is seen as a severe breach of decency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could you
A frequent spoken formula used to initiate a direct reproach or express disbelief at someone's bad behavior.
say that kind of thing
Used colloquially to refer euphemistically to hurtful, inappropriate, or taboo remarks without repeating them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Talking to them is like pulling teeth sometimes.”
“I researched fighter jets”
“Why did you say those things in front of them?”