咱俩说话 就别绕弯子了
“it's just you and me here. Let’s not beat around the bush.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
张院长
“Director Zhang,”
咱俩 说话 就 别绕弯子 了
“it's just you and me here. Let’s not beat around the bush.”
你这意思 好像希望 我留在巡山队似的
“You sound like you want me to stay in the Mountain Patrol.”
“Cut the pleasantries and tell me directly what you really want.”
Invoking '咱俩' (the two of us) establishes close rapport, granting conversational permission to dispense with the customary Chinese indirectness and politeness rituals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to beat around the bush; to speak indirectly
A highly common colloquial idiom used when asking someone to be straightforward.
the two of us
An intimate Northern spoken pronoun emphasizing mutual familiarity.
Indicates a change of state or marks a request to cease current conversational beating around the bush.
