我不太会跳舞
“I'm not very good at dancing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不好意思
“I'm sorry.”
我 不太会 跳舞
“I'm not very good at dancing.”
下面我对你说的话
“What I'm about to tell you,”
“I'd rather not dance with you right now; let's talk instead.”
Stating that one is 'not very good' at something is a common face-saving device to lower social expectations or gently decline a social activity without causing awkwardness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very good at / do not really know how to
A standard courteous hedge in Chinese used to soften an admission of incompetence or a gentle refusal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My daughter had no dance background at all, and right away it was”
“I don't really know how to dance anymore.”
“you have such elegant poise. Did you study dance before?”