He had said nothing, his face steely with anger. He knew that Mrs Qin also felt uncomfortable about this cruel joke in light of the careful training she had given him in the theory of dialectal research.

• 他铁青着脸什么也没有说，他知道秦老师也很不舒畅，因为这个结果对她谆谆开导他的那些方言调查理论也是一个大嘲笑。