我的意思是说 她大病初愈
“What I mean is, she's just recovered from a serious illness”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我明白
“I understand.”
我的意思是 说 她 大病初愈
“What I mean is, she's just recovered from a serious illness”
也刚来上海 人生地不熟的 我在想 如果这个时候
“and has just arrived in Shanghai. Everything here is unfamiliar to her. I just thought she'd be happy”
“I'm not showing special favoritism; she genuinely needs help because she just got out of the hospital.”
In Chinese culture, extending special solicitude to someone who is ill or in a foreign city is seen as a moral obligation, often invoked to rationalize extra attention.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just recovered from a serious illness
A sophisticated four-character idiom frequently used in spoken and written Chinese to emphasize someone's lingering physical vulnerability.
what I mean to say is...
A useful conversational transition used to clarify misunderstandings or hedge an upcoming point.
