还好那个时候没动手
“Good thing we didn't fight her back then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Good lord.”
还好 那个 时候没 动手
“Good thing we didn't fight her back then.”
这要真打起来
“If we had fought,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Avoiding impulsive physical confrontation is prized in Chinese society, where de-escalation prevents severe legal and social fallout.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fortunately; luckily
A common conversational phrase used at the beginning of a clause to express relief about avoiding misfortune.
did not come to blows; did not get physical
Idiomatic colloquial term meaning to refrain from initiating physical violence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never meant to kill.”
“I didn't intend to get physical with him.”
“If we strike first,”
“In the beginning,”
“I was the one who started it.”
“It's just that at that time, my body couldn't react.”