我不跟你吵 我今天开会 我不想在这跟你吵吵
“I'm not arguing with you. I have a meeting today. I don't want to argue with you here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真有心眼 你真有心眼 你 我跟你说 好了
“You've really got a scheming mind. You really do. I'm telling you, enough.”
我不跟你吵 我 今天 开会 我不想 在这 跟你 吵吵
“I'm not arguing with you. I have a meeting today. I don't want to argue with you here.”
我不想跟你吵吵好不好 你不想过是吧 我也不想过
“I don't want to argue, alright? You don't want this marriage anymore, right? I don't want it either.”
“Back off right now; I am too stressed about work to deal with your drama.”
In contemporary Chinese urban culture, having an urgent official task or business meeting is a universally recognized, unassailable excuse to abruptly exit personal or familial disputes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am not going to argue with you
A common spoken phrase used to shut down a pointless or escalating confrontation.
to bicker loudly; to squabble
A colloquial reduplication used especially in Northern Mandarin to demean petty or noisy arguing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't want to argue here, but I will defend my rights.”
“I really don't want to fight anymore.”
“I am not discussing this with you now.”