我这么说好像不是很礼貌 你懂我意思
“That might sound a bit rude, but you get what I mean.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有眼不识金镶玉
“she doesn't recognize their true value?”
我 这么说 好像不是 很礼貌 你懂我意思
“That might sound a bit rude, but you get what I mean.”
“Pardon my bluntness, but you know exactly what I am implying.”
Chinese speakers often rely on tacit understanding rather than explicit verbal confrontation to preserve harmony and protect mutual social face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very polite
A useful conversational hedge to preface a blunt opinion or critical remark.
you know what I mean
Common spoken filler used to appeal to shared context without spelling out uncomfortable details.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That might sound a bit rude,”
“What I'm going to say may sound rough to you.”
“you are very impolite! Didn't your mother teach you?”