我不知道怎么跟你说
“I don't know how to tell you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们可以一起面对
“We can face anything together.”
我 不知道怎么 跟 你说
“I don't know how to tell you,”
但是请你相信
“but please believe me,”
“It is painful and complicated, but I want to be honest with you.”
Chinese communicators often preface difficult truths with indirect hedges to soften potential emotional shock and prepare the listener.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not know how to tell someone
A very common conversational framing formula used when about to deliver sensitive, awkward, or bad news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't explain it to you either.”
“I can't tell you now.”
“And I didn't know how to tell you.”
“about what he has done.”
“I didn't know how to tell him.”
“I don't know how to tell him.”
“I didn't know how to tell you.”
“I don't even know how to explain...”
“I don't even know how to talk to you now.”
“I don't know how to tell you this.”
“I kept thinking about how to bring this up,”