不是 不是 不是 我不是这个意思
“No, no. That's not what I meant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是啊
“Indeed.”
不是 不是 不是 我不是这个意思
“No, no. That's not what I meant.”
那你是什么意思 她的意思是 我
“Then what did you mean? -She means... -I—”
“Wait, stop taking it that way! You are completely twisting my words!”
Repeating '不是' multiple times is a common conversational repair mechanism used to rapidly arrest a brewing dispute or misunderstanding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
That is not what I meant.
Essential survival phrase in spoken Chinese for clearing up awkward misinterpretations or offensive slips.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No, no. That's not what I meant.”
“No, I didn't mean it that way.”
“No, I didn't mean that.”
“No. That's not it, Sir. Our boss doesn't need you”
“No, no, that... Yao, listen to me.”