又不是啥子大事情
“It really wasn't such a big deal.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不得 要不得
“Oh, no, don't say that.”
又不是 啥子 大事情
“It really wasn't such a big deal.”
没
“It's...”
“Relax, there is no need to make such a big fuss over this.”
Chinese speakers often verbally minimize incidents to prevent conflict escalation, reduce others' burden, or politely refuse fussiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's not like...; it isn't as if...
Used to emphasize a counter-argument or downplay something by highlighting what it is not.
what; anything (dialect)
A highly frequent Southwestern Mandarin (Sichuanese) regionalism equivalent to Standard Mandarin '什么'.
a big deal; a serious matter
Commonly negated in daily spoken Chinese to soothe someone or trivialize a problem.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“taking loans for business is a common practice now. It's really no big deal.”
“But it wasn't a pleasant one.”
“but I didn't think it was anything serious.”
“What business is it of yours? Because!”
“I'm not some big shot.”
“this really isn't a big deal.”
“It's not just a matter of thousands or hundreds.”
“It really wasn't a big deal.”
“He doesn't tell me everything.”
“I didn't do anything wrong.”
“isn't anything special to me.”
“It's really not that big of a deal.”
“You had your reasons. Who hasn't had their own reasons?”