我想缓两天再跟你说
“I just wanted to tell you a bit later.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就是
“I just wanted to tell you a bit later.”
我想 缓两天 再 跟你说
“I just wanted to tell you a bit later.”
我们不会有自己的孩子了是吗
“We won't have our own child, will we?”
“The truth is so devastating that I needed time to process it myself before hurting you with it.”
When bearing devastating medical news, Chinese partners or family members often delay full disclosure to cushion the psychological blow to their loved one.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
delay for a couple of days / take a few days to catch one's breath
A colloquial expression meaning to postpone an action or take time to recover emotionally or physically before dealing with something difficult.
tell you later / talk to you then
Used to postpone disclosing sensitive or heavy news until a later time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Can you give me 2 more days?”
“Could you please give me a little more time?”
“Didn't you say you'd stay a couple more days?”
“so you want me to come back later? Let me reiterate this to you.”
“Guangcai, give me three days. I'll get him to sign.”
“so I didn't get to tell you—”