这不就字面意思吗
“Isn't that just the literal meaning?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这 这
“Well...”
这不就 字面意思 吗
“Isn't that just the literal meaning?”
反正我跟你说
“Anyway, listen.”
“Stop overthinking it; I mean exactly what I just said.”
Because Chinese is often a high-context culture where people look for unsaid subtext, speakers occasionally have to explicitly state that an utterance is merely 'literal' to prevent over-analysis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
literal meaning / face value
Standard phrase used when dispelling confusion or emphasizing that there is no hidden metaphor or sarcasm.
isn't this just / simply
Rhetorical colloquial construction used to assert something obvious and cut off excessive debate.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the speaker's view that the interpretation should be obvious.
