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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E3 (31:20) HSK 4
zhè ge shì qíng què shí bù tài hǎo shuō

这个事情确实不太好说

“really hard to talk about.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 31:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù shì

就是

“It's just”

zhè ge shì qíng què shí bù tài hǎo shuō CURRENT FOCUS

这个 事情 确实 不太好说

“really hard to talk about.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiǎn dān lái shuō ba

简单来说吧

“To put it simply,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: HEDGING
Tone: TACTFUL
Emotion: HESITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is complicated and sensitive, so bear with me while I find the right way to put it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Discursive Hedging

Chinese speakers frequently use softening prefaces like 'not easy to say' to avoid sounding too blunt or committing to an absolute statement.

INTENT TAGS: #hedging #delaying #caution #softening
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不太好说 SPOKEN CHUNK

hard to say / tricky to explain

A very common conversational buffer used when a topic is either awkward, sensitive, or too complex to explain briefly.

这个事情 SPOKEN CHUNK

this matter / this issue

A generic spoken phrase used to introduce or frame an issue under discussion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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