我这么说好像不是很礼貌
“That might sound a bit rude,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 这么说 好像不是 很礼貌
“That might sound a bit rude,”
你懂我意思
“but you get what I mean.”
“Excuse my bluntness, but it's the honest truth.”
Admitting poor etiquette beforehand is a standard Chinese conversational strategy that protects both the speaker's demeanor and the listener's face while delivering sharp criticism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very polite; somewhat discourteous
A classic understatement used to soften direct criticism or blunt evaluation.
putting it this way seems to be...
An epistemic hedge to distance oneself from the blunt impact of a harsh statement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That might sound a bit rude, but you get what I mean.”
“What I'm going to say may sound rough to you.”
“you are very impolite! Didn't your mother teach you?”