那我们不要聊这件事情了嘛
“let's not talk about this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Then”
那我们不要聊这件事情了嘛
“let's not talk about this.”
“This is getting awkward and uncomfortable, please drop it.”
In Chinese interpersonal interactions, coaxing someone to drop a topic followed by an offer to tell a joke is a classic face-saving strategy to avoid direct confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let's not talk about / avoid discussing
A direct but conversational way to request changing or dropping a topic.
this matter / this issue
A generic noun phrase frequently used to refer back to a previously mentioned situation.
Adds an entreating, wheedling tone to plead for cooperation and soften the avoidance request.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Maybe we should talk about something else. ♪ I caught your eyes ♪”
“This is settled; no more discussion.”
“That's not something we should discuss. Right, right.”