你等我们信 我们再想一想
“Wait for our word. We'll think about it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Second Young Master Zheng, let us go back and think about it.”
你 等我们信 我们再 想一想
“Wait for our word. We'll think about it.”
城主
“Your Excellency.”
“Do not rush us; we will let you know if we decide to agree, so back off for now.”
In Chinese social interaction, directly saying 'no' can cause loss of face; promising to 'think it over' allows both parties to exit the confrontation gracefully.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait for our word / wait to hear from us
A colloquial way to tell someone that you will reach out with an answer later rather than deciding on the spot.
think it over again / reconsider
A common conversational buffer used to delay commitment or politely soften a non-affirmative answer.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please believe us.”
“I'll trust you one more time. But if this falls through again,”
“Trust me.”
“We should wait until they leave.”
“Mr. Zheng trusts us and supports us.”
“-Trust me, between us... -This isn't the first time this has happened.”