情绪好像还是不太够 你要不再 再给出来一点呢
“Ms. Li, still not enough warm. Could you bring a bit more?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李镇长 我觉得
“Ms. Li, still not enough warm.”
情绪 好像 还是 不太够 你 要不 再 再给出来一点 呢
“Ms. Li, still not enough warm. Could you bring a bit more?”
你们干什么呢
“What are you doing?”
“You sound too dull, put some real feeling into it!”
Chinese speakers often soften professional criticism using hedgers like 'a little' or modal particles to maintain harmony and protect the listener's face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not quite enough
A polite, indirect way to say something is lacking or insufficient.
how about / why not
Commonly used to soften suggestions and proposals in casual conversation.
Softens the interrogative suggestion, making the critique sound collaborative rather than demanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is really a bit insufficient.”
“ending it this way,”
“Still not enough.”
“we'll find a way to make up the rest.”
“That is far from enough.”
“I understand that you feel it's unfair,”