倒也没什么大事 那个日本人要他当面道歉就是了
“It's not a big deal. The Japanese just wants him to apologize in person.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
直接把人赶出去了 被诬陷成了抗日分子
“and kicked them out directly. He was framed as an Anti-Japanese element.”
倒也没什么大事 那个 日本人要他 当面 道歉 就是了
“It's not a big deal. The Japanese just wants him to apologize in person.”
家里亲戚写好了道歉信 倒被他骂了出来
“His relatives wrote an apology letter, but he scolded them”
“Swallow your pride and just apologize so everyone stays safe.”
Under colonial or wartime occupation, pragmatists often advocated sacrificing individual pride (face) through formal apologies to survive fatal political accusations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it actually isn't that serious / it's not really a big deal
Used to temper drama and ease tension when someone is overreacting to an event.
apologize face-to-face
A formal collocation referring to an in-person, direct act of apologizing.
and that would be all / just do that
Placed at the end of a clause to present an action as a simple, sufficient solution.
Combined with '就是' to indicate finality and effortless resolution.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Most importantly, you won't have to deal directly with the Japanese anymore.”
“Even the Japanese have to show him respect.”
“- Just apologize. - Did everyone see that? What's going on?”
“He has no intention of apologizing at all. Mr. Fujita.”
“No need for that. No need to apologize.”
“I saw that Japanese man bullying you.”