我不是要说你 我是说你看唐灿那指甲
“Listen to me. Look. Tang Can's nails”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她先说我的
“She criticized me first.”
我不是 要说 你 我是说 你看 唐灿那指甲
“Listen to me. Look. Tang Can's nails”
“are like an old witch's. If you have a fight with her, you won't be a match for her.”
“Don't get mad at me, I'm on your side and just talking about her.”
When an utterance is mistakenly interpreted as an attack on someone's face, speakers quickly deflect focus onto a third party to preserve harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I'm not trying to lecture/blame you
A common conversational softener used to prevent the listener from taking a comment as personal criticism.
what I mean is / I was saying
Used to clarify or restate one's point after a misunderstanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm not making this up. Mr. Ma said it.”
“I didn't mean to tell him.”
“that's not what I mean. Don't overthink it. I...”
“It wasn't me who said it! If not you, who?”
“I'm not trying to criticize you, but can you not answer only when asked? Say a bit more.”
“That's not what I meant. I... I... I think you're handsome.”