有话好好说 有话好好说啊
“Stay calm. Stay calm.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我可不当死心眼
“(I'm not going to be a fool.)”
有话好好说 有话好好说 啊
“Stay calm. Stay calm.”
我确实没想到
“(I genuinely didn't expect things to escalate that far.)”
“Calm down before you do something foolish; let's talk this out rationally.”
When tensions flare, Chinese mediation heavily relies on standard idioms like '有话好好说' to prioritize social harmony and avoid public loss of face or physical confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let's talk this out calmly / no need to get heated
The quintessential Chinese formulaic expression used to mediate conflicts and halt escalating hostility.
Adds an urgent pleading tone to appeal for calm.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let's talk things out nicely.”
“I'm going to show you all... Let's talk this through. Let's talk this through.”
“Talk it out properly.”
“You'd better calm down. I'm getting off. Get out!”
“Let's talk properly.”
“[We can talk this through.]”
“If you want to talk with Can, talk properly.”