他这个人胆小怕事
“He's a timid man, afraid of trouble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我去找罗致庸问了一下
“I went to ask Luo Zhiyong.”
他这个人胆小怕事
“He's a timid man, afraid of trouble.”
什么都不说
“He wouldn't say anything.”
“Don't count on getting anything out of him—he is too cowardly to stick his neck out.”
Subordinates or bystanders in institutional settings often adopt extreme discretion and silence to avoid crossing powerful figures or getting entangled in trouble.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as for him / the kind of person he is
A common colloquial frame used to introduce a character appraisal or general personality trait of someone.
timid and afraid of getting into trouble
A common four-character idiom used pejoratively to describe someone who shies away from responsibility or conflict.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I used to be a cowardly person”
“I'm cowardly.”
“a disguise.”
“that he is extremely afraid of fire.”
“Only the cowardly and weak would resort to such methods.”
“Why would I be afraid of him?”