这些单看起来不算事
“Each one of these may not seem like a big deal on its own,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就这些
“Is that it?”
这些单 看起来 不算事
“Each one of these may not seem like a big deal on its own,”
“but taken together, it's a different story. Ma Derong— [Sancheng Finance]”
“Don't be fooled by small individual numbers; a storm is brewing.”
Chinese rhetoric often employs concessions like 'taken alone it's minor' to heighten dramatic impact before exposing serious cumulative corruption or debt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looking at them individually / taken in isolation
Use this spoken formula when analyzing one component alone before revealing the larger picture.
is no big deal / doesn't count as an issue
A highly colloquial Northern expression signifying that something is trivial or negligible.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's no big deal, really.”
“It's really not that big of a deal.”
“At first, it really wasn't a big deal.”