但也没有你想象得那么坏 正所谓
“but not as bad as you imagine either. As they say,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“are often not as good as you think,”
但也 没有 你 想象 得那么坏 正所谓
“but not as bad as you imagine either. As they say,”
“things work themselves out in the end.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often invoke dialectical balance—reminding people that while things rarely reach perfection, they also seldom hit total disaster—to cultivate emotional resilience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not as... as you think
A standard rhetorical formula used to mitigate exaggerated fears or unrealistic expectations.
as the saying goes / precisely as said
A classic transitional phrase used in spoken Chinese to introduce a proverb, idiom, or common truth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We aren't having the good conditions like what you mentioned either.”
“And there are bad people. Like... Well, definitely not me.”
“You are such a tease! And only to you.”
“don't always think of others as bad people.”
“I'm quite as good as you said.”
“All sorts of bad things can happen here.”