倒是也不用这么隆重
“No need to make it this formal.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
账还上
“Consider it repaid.”
倒是 也不 用这么隆重
“No need to make it this formal.”
“Even though I did lose quite a bit tonight,”
“You do not need to make such a big fuss about paying me back, though you really did cost me a lot.”
Chinese social etiquette encourages individuals to verbally downplay counterpart reparations to show modesty and good grace, even when accepting amends.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
actually no need to / there's really no need
Use this spoken phrase to gently soften a refusal or tell someone they are overdoing a gesture.
so grand / so ceremonial
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to humorously point out when someone is making too big a deal out of an ordinary matter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's no need to make such a fuss.”
“Lou Chuo wouldn't have gone to all that trouble. Understood.”
“really need to be this good-looking?”
“Don't put it so grandly.”
“There is no need for me to join the crowd.”