我这是逃避吗 我在顾全大局
“Is this avoiding? I'm looking at the bigger picture.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Every time you run into a problem, you avoid it! You always say "avoid!"”
我 这是 逃避 吗 我在 顾全大局
“Is this avoiding? I'm looking at the bigger picture.”
“I care about you. I don't want to hurt you. That's why I did it.”
“Stop blaming me; I kept quiet to keep us from falling apart completely.”
In Chinese communication, prioritizing collective harmony over immediate emotional expression is prized, though it can sometimes be used as a convenient pretext for conflict avoidance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
take the whole situation into account / preserve the bigger picture
A set idiom frequently invoked to justify compromise, silence, or postponement of conflict for the sake of harmony.
is this really...?
A rhetorical structure used to reject an accusation or mischaracterization by an interlocutor.
Forms a rhetorical question that strongly denies the other party's preceding accusation.
