那按照你那么说的话
“Then according to what you said,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这不违法吧
“This is not illegal, right?”
那按照你那么 说的 话
“Then according to what you said,”
“you also hold a grudge against Ye Jian, don't you?”
“By your own logic, you are guilty or biased too.”
Rather than making direct accusations, speakers in Chinese discourse frequently borrow the counterpart's premise to expose underlying motives or contradictions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
according to what is said / by that logic
A highly common spoken phrase used to extrapolate consequences from another person's claim.
if / in case of
Placed at the end of a conditional clause in conversational Chinese to soften the premise.
Marks the entire conditional clause conversationally, signaling an upcoming conclusion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you put it that way,”
“If you put it that way,”
“If that's the case,”
“What do you mean by okay?”
“You should uphold justice”
“Just use the standard response I gave you.”