不瞒你说 我刚接到电话 还以为遇到电信诈骗了
“To be honest, when I got the call, I thought it was a telecom scam.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Ms. Qi, it really is you. Who else would it be?”
不瞒你说 我刚 接到电话 还以为 遇到电信 诈骗 了
“To be honest, when I got the call, I thought it was a telecom scam.”
没有人要骗你啊
“No one is scamming you.”
“You are such an important person that I never expected you to call me directly.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, joking about one's disbelief at receiving attention from a high-status figure serves as indirect praise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to tell you the truth / to be frank with you
A conversational preface used to introduce honest thoughts or slightly embarrassing personal experiences to build rapport.
telecom fraud / phone scam
A very common modern term referring to telephone and online financial scams.
Marks a completed realization or settled state of assumption at that moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“To be honest, many of my article leads”
“won't hide it from you.”
“To be honest,”
“To be honest, this is the moment I enjoy most every week.”
“To be honest, I grew up with this bride since we were kids.”
“Didn't I tell you on the phone”