不是不是 我一会要找郝琼 我就是跟你说这个事
“No. I still need to see Hao Qiong later. I just wanted to tell you this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Huang, come over here. Come talk to me.”
不是不是 我 一会 要找 郝琼 我 就是 跟你说 这个 事
“No. I still need to see Hao Qiong later. I just wanted to tell you this.”
我希望你能够接受我的投资
“I want you to accept my investment.”
“Do not trap me in a long meeting; I have a tight schedule and just need to convey this quickly.”
Repeating '不是不是' softens a direct contradiction, while invoking a tight schedule preserves the other person's face when declining a lengthy interaction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no, no / that's not it
Repetition softens the denial while rapidly redirecting the conversation.
in a little while / shortly
Used in colloquial spoken Chinese to indicate an imminent future event.
just wanted to tell you
Used to frame a communication as brief, direct, and limited in scope.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hold on, let me check first”
“I didn't ask them to do that. It has nothing to do with me.”
“I didn't ask them to do that. It has nothing to do with me.”
“No, I still don't feel at ease.”
“No, no. I don't mean that.”
“No, I have to go find her.”