这不就说句玩笑话吗
“I was just joking.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
承认啥啊
“Admit what?”
这不就 说句玩笑话 吗
“I was just joking.”
得亏你们不是官老爷
“It's a good thing you aren't judges.”
“Don't take it so seriously, I was only joking.”
In Chinese communicative culture, labeling an offensive or inappropriate remark as a 'joke' is a frequent face-saving tactic to avoid direct confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it just / it's simply
Used at the start of a sentence to downplay the severity of an action or present something as trivial and obvious.
a joke / jesting words
Commonly paired with verbs like '说' (to say) or '开' (to crack) when brushing off misunderstandings.
Forms a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to agree that the remark was trivial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was just a joke.”
“I was just kidding.”
“I was just kidding.”
“You're joking? No.”
“It's real, not a joke. Do you still want to be my friend?”
“is playing a joke on us?”
“Hey, why are you joking with the kid?”
“"Are you kidding me?"”
“Isn't this a joke?”
“You can't be serious.”
“You shouldn't joke about that.”
“you mustn't joke about such things.”