你也别听我胡说八道
“Don't mind my rambling.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说是不是我太自私了
“do you think I'm just being selfish?”
你也 别 听 我 胡说八道
“Don't mind my rambling.”
这个每个人呢
“The truth is,”
“Take my words with a grain of salt; I'm just rambling, so don't beat yourself up over what I said.”
Chinese speakers often label their own advice as 'nonsense' to humble themselves and take the emotional weight off a distressed listener.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to talk nonsense / to ramble
A four-character idiom used either to criticize someone's absurd claims or self-deprecatingly to soften one's own strong opinions.
you also shouldn't / don't you go...
Used to gently advise someone against doing something or taking something too seriously.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No. Don't say that.”
“Nonsense. I didn't know anything.”
“Don't talk nonsense. What are you talking about?”
“Told you not to talk nonsense.”
“Don't talk nonsense.”
“Don't... don't talk nonsense. Follow Xianglan and see what else she's buying.”
“I haven't. Don't talk nonsense.”
“- Don't talk nonsense. - Could Ji Ling be an illegitimate son? Nonsense!”
“You said it just now. Don't spout such nonsense!”