不是我不想帮
“It's not that I don't want to help.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是我不想帮
“It's not that I don't want to help.”
实在是他这事闹得太大 我知道
“It's just that he's in such a great trouble. I know.”
“I cannot help you, but don't hold a grudge against me.”
Chinese speakers often avoid direct rejections by stressing that their willingness exists, but outside forces make compliance impossible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's not that I don't want to...
A classic face-saving preface used before delivering a refusal or bad news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Zheng, I want to help,”
“It's not that I don't want to save her—”
“[Nanping Bo'ai International Hospital Obstetrics Office] it's not that I don't want to cooperate.”
“It's not that I won't talk.”