不相信我也很正常
“It's natural you don't trust me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不劳你费心
“I'll handle it myself.”
不相信我 也 很正常
“It's natural you don't trust me.”
我只是希望
“I just hope”
“I know you have every reason to doubt me, but please hear me out anyway.”
Stepping back and validating the counterpart's negative feelings is a classic Chinese conversational strategy to soften resistance before pressing forward.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
quite normal / completely understandable
A very useful conversational device to validate someone else's reaction and disarm conflict.
not believe / distrust
Standard everyday phrase expressing lack of trust or disbelief.