Tā gùyì biǎoxiàn de hěn lěngdàn, xiǎng jiècǐ guānchá tā de fǎnyìng.
He deliberately acted cold, hoping to see from it how she would react.
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usage
Formal. Speeches use 借此机会, "taking this opportunity"; in writing 借此 + verb means "by this means", as when a poet uses a scene to mock the court. 藉此 is the same word written with the older character, still common in Taiwan.
