那倒也不是
“That's not what I mean.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你的意思是 人品不行生意就不做了
“So you're saying bad character means no business?”
那倒也不是
“That's not what I mean.”
“After all, we did make our money selling his goods.”
“Don't oversimplify my point—business is more complicated than pure morality.”
Chinese business culture often balances moral evaluation of partners with pragmatic financial realities, avoiding absolute either-or stances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not necessarily; not entirely so
A very common conversational buffer used to gently contradict an extreme assumption made by the listener.