误会 全都是误会
“Misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要多少钱
“How much do you want?”
误会 全 都是误会
“Misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding.”
哪儿能要您交头钱
“How could we ask you for protection money?”
“Please do not be angry; forget the money, let us just drop this.”
Calling a deliberate offense a 'misunderstanding' allows both parties to step back from confrontation without anyone losing face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
entirely / all are
Used for hyperbolic emphasis when categorically attributing a situation to a single cause.
misunderstanding
Frequently deployed in social mediation as a face-saving excuse to ease tension without assigning explicit blame.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was all a misunderstanding.”
“Mr. Meng, it's all a misunderstanding.”
“It really was just a misunderstanding.”
“No. No. It's a misunderstanding. Stop shooting.”