不太愿意聊 当年的事
“unwilling to talk about the past.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我跟你爸爸之前联系过了 但他应该是
“I contacted your father before, but he seemed”
不太愿意聊 当年的事
“unwilling to talk about the past.”
“And he said he was rarely home back then, so he wasn't very clear on the details.”
“Your dad deliberately stonewalled me when I asked about the past.”
Chinese speakers often soften someone else's outright refusal or reticence using mild terms like 'not very willing' to preserve social harmony and avoid sounding overly critical.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very willing to; reluctant to
A polite, indirect way to describe someone's refusal or hesitation to do something.
things that happened back then; past events
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer broadly to past history, often carrying emotional weight or mystery.
