我这话 说得有点不好听
“I said something unpleasant,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那天你给凌霄打电话 不是我接的吗
“I answered Ling Xiao's phone when you called him the other day.”
我这话 说 得有 点 不好听
“I said something unpleasant,”
所以
“so”
“I know I was rude and out of line back then, please do not hold it against me.”
When admitting to rude behavior, Chinese speakers often describe their words as 'not nice to hear' rather than directly calling themselves rude, preserving a degree of mutual face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
said it a bit harshly / put it in an unpleasant way
A polite euphemism used either to apologize for past rude remarks or to preface a blunt truth you are about to say.