别别别 那个 多一事不如少一事
“No, no, no. Wait. Let's not make this a bigger deal than it is.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“No.”
别别别 那个 多一事不如少一事
“No, no, no. Wait. Let's not make this a bigger deal than it is.”
“If the police come here, you'll have to explain everything.”
“Let's drop this right now; getting the police involved will just make life difficult for all of us.”
Deeply ingrained pragmatic philosophy in Chinese culture advocating for avoiding friction, legal entanglements, or public conflict whenever possible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't, please don't / hold on
Repeated urgency marker used colloquially to quickly halt someone's action.
it is better to avoid trouble than court it
A very common Chinese idiom used to counsel avoidance of conflict, bureaucracy, or unnecessary involvement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Forget it. Let's not make trouble.”
“Better to avoid trouble.”
“Less trouble is better than more,”
“fewer troubles are always better than more.”
“[004] Stop it. You don't need to worry about this. The situation is very complicated now.”
“I'd rather avoid any trouble.”