我那个意思是讲 那我这样一拃嘛
“Listen to me. When I measure it like this,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是 你别碰 别碰
“Come on, hands off it.”
我 那个意思 是讲 那我 这样 一拃 嘛
“Listen to me. When I measure it like this,”
差不多是二十公分 按照这个规定呢
“it's about 20 centimeters. According to regulations,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term '拃' (zhǎ) is a traditional colloquial hand-span metric commonly used across China in trade and daily construction before formal measuring tools are applied.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what I meant was...
A very natural conversational hedge used to clarify a misunderstanding or smooth over a perceived transgression.
a hand span (distance from thumb to middle/little finger tip)
A traditional Chinese spoken unit of rough measurement using the spread fingers of a hand.
Used to justify one's action as obvious, natural, and harmless, minimizing the perceived offense.
