谈不上喜欢 那就是不喜欢
“I wouldn't say I like it. So you don't like it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你喜欢庆州吗
“Do you like Qingzhou?”
谈不上 喜欢 那就 是 不喜欢
“I wouldn't say I like it. So you don't like it.”
那过完年你就别去了吧
“Then stay after the new year.”
“Don't sugarcoat it; if you don't love it, you clearly dislike being there.”
Chinese speakers often soften negative opinions by saying 'tan bushang' (not quite) instead of direct refusal, which conversational partners frequently decode as an implicit 'no'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot really say that; far from being
A frequent conversational hedge used to downplay an evaluation or politely deny an extreme description.
then that means; in other words
Used to summarize or draw a direct, inescapable conclusion from preceding statements.