我不是那意思 你就是这个意思 书记
“That's not what I meant. You meant that. Mr. Zheng, that's not what my master meant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小余 你听听啊 你干活你师父不放心
“Yu, hear him? Your master doesn't trust your work.”
我不是 那 意思 你 就是这个意思 书记
“That's not what I meant. You meant that. Mr. Zheng, that's not what my master meant.”
我师父他不是这个意思 你师父就是这个意思
“Mr. Zheng, that's not what my master meant. - Your master meant exactly that. - He's just worried about the wiring.”
“I'm trying to smooth things over, but the boss is directly calling out the real tension.”
In traditional and industrial Chinese workplaces, a master bears deep moral and technical responsibility for an apprentice; questioning trust between them is a sensitive social issue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that is not what I meant
The standard spoken formula used to backtrack or clarify when someone takes offense at your remarks.
that is exactly what is meant
Used to call out someone's hidden intention and reject their face-saving denial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's not what I meant. Then what did you mean?”
“That's not what I mean.”
“Fei Ni, that's not what I mean... I understand.”
“That's not what I meant, really.”
“You know that's not what I meant. What did you mean?”
“That's not what I meant. I mean...”