我也明白了个七七八八
“I pretty much understood what was going on.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不用多想
“Without thinking too much,”
我也明白 了个 七七八八
“I pretty much understood what was going on.”
后来
“Later,”
“You don't need to hide it from me; I already know most of the truth anyway.”
In Chinese communication, explicitly admitting to grasping the gist indicates high perceptiveness while politely sparing the other person from having to recount awkward details.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost; most of; seventy to eighty percent
A colloquial idiom used to describe completing or understanding the major portion of something.
understood the gist of it; grasped most of it
A vivid colloquial pattern combining the verb with a quantitative result complement to denote partial yet substantial mastery.
Marks the completion of understanding up to the current moment.
