再说了 我刚才说人不人情的
“Besides, what I said about owing a favor,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虽然我今晚确实损失巨大 但是也不能让您个人赔偿
“Even though I did lose quite a bit tonight, I can't have you pay personally.”
再说了 我刚才 说人不人情 的
“Besides, what I said about owing a favor,”
“I was joking. Don't worry,”
“Please don't worry about paying me back; maintaining our goodwill matters more than the money.”
In Chinese relational culture, openly calculating personal debts or favors (人情) can strain bonds; dismissing them as a 'joke' preserves the other person's face while cementing reciprocal loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
furthermore / on top of that
A spoken connector used to pivot or introduce a strong supplementary justification.
whether it counts as a personal favor or not
Uses the 'X不X' reduplication pattern to downplay or dismiss the seriousness of 'renqing' (interpersonal favors).
Acts as a nominalizing structural particle at the end of the clause to group 'favors and such' into an informal category.
