先不说这些姑娘们 是不是来看我的
“First, these girls may not even be here for me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
此言差矣
“you've got it wrong.”
先不说 这些姑娘们 是不是 来看我的
“First, these girls may not even be here for me.”
“Even if they are, they're courteous and haven't bothered us.”
“Don't make flattering jokes at my expense or compromise those ladies' reputations.”
Cultivated scholars in traditional Chinese culture avoid overt vanity about female attention, prioritizing modest speech and safeguarding female decorum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
setting aside... for now; not to mention
A useful conversational transitional phrase to shelve one point temporarily in order to emphasize another more crucial one.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really like this girl.”
“You girls nowadays”
“Look at how they treat me,”
“I don't think you like me.”
“I worried the girls might hold back,”
“Who is this girl? I don't know.”