那你就三句四句的
“then take three or four lines”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Since you cannot explain it briefly,”
那你就三句四句的
“then take three or four lines”
慢慢说
“and tell it slowly.”
“Don't try to brush me off with excuses; explain it properly.”
In close Chinese relationships, partners often mirror and twist each other's idioms playfully to close conversational loopholes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
then you might as well / in that case, just
A common conversational transition to propose an alternative course of action.
three or four sentences (a few more words)
A colloquial adaptation of the common idiom 'a word or two' (一句两句), meant humorously to rebut an excuse.
Softens the imperative demand, adding a casual, elliptical spoken feel.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll go on a bit more then.”
“Dead wrong!”
“A few words!”
“have a word with you.”
“What if something happens to you?”
“Why are you always talking about...”