我爱人胆子小 有点事她就会紧张
“My wife is easily frightened. She gets nervous easily.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不好意思啊
“I'm really sorry.”
我爱人 胆子小 有点事 她就会 紧张
“My wife is easily frightened. She gets nervous easily.”
你是被烫着了是吧
“You got burned, right?”
“Please excuse her frantic behavior; she gets startled very easily and meant no harm.”
When a family member causes a scene or reacts clumsily in public, Chinese politeness requires the other spouse to step in immediately, offer self-effacing explanations, and smooth over social friction to preserve public harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my spouse; my husband/wife
A polite, neutral, and standard Chinese term for referring to one's spouse to third parties in mainland China.
timid; easily frightened
Use this common idiom to gently describe someone who scares easily or lacks courage, often to excuse timid behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm cowardly.”
“I'm just reckless. I don't think ahead.”
“I was timid. I was afraid of strangers.”
“but you have quite the audacity.”
“I wouldn't dare hurt anyone. How could you suspect me?”
“She's quite brave, isn't she?”