Illustration: Xia Qing
Beijing dialect
把不住边
Speaking without boundaries
(bǎ bú zhù biān )
A: Any gossip going around?
最近有啥新鲜事啊？
(zuì jìn yǒu shá xīn xiān shì ā ？)
B: I heard Xiao Yang and Xiao Ma are dating.
听说小杨和小马正在谈恋爱呢。
(tīng shuō xiǎo yáng hé xiǎo mǎ zhèng zài tán liàn ài ne 。)
A: Really? I didn't think office romance was allowed here.
啊？办公室恋情好像不允许吧？
(ā ？bàn gōng shì liàn qíng hǎo xiàng bú yǔn xǔ ba ？)
B: I'm not supposed to talk so much, just forget it.
我太把不住边儿了,算我没说。
(wǒ tài bǎ bú zhù biān ér le ,suàn wǒ méi shuō 。)