那倒没什么必要 我看书很慢的
“That's not necessary. I'm a slow reader.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll bring them all to your place sometime.”
那 倒没什么 必要 我看 书很慢 的
“That's not necessary. I'm a slow reader.”
借我两本
“Just lend me two books,”
“Don't bother hauling all of them over; just a couple will be plenty.”
Chinese politeness often involves declining grand or laborious offers to avoid causing trouble (mafan) for others, using self-effacing reasons to soften the rejection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there really isn't much need; that wouldn't be necessary
A polite, gentle way to decline an excessive offer or gesture without offending the other party.
read books very slowly
Common everyday expression used here as a self-deprecating justification for declining a bulk offer.
Placed at the end of the clause to assert a personal habit or enduring trait emphatically yet naturally.
