不是孩子 是其他的事
“It's not about my son. It's something else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've got something urgent to handle and can't get away.”
不是孩子 是其他的事
“It's not about my son. It's something else.”
行 我知道了 谢谢
“[Emergency] Okay, I understand. Thank you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often give a general category of reason (e.g., family or 'other matters') to justify absence without oversharing private details.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not... but rather...
A fundamental pattern for negating one assumption and asserting the actual state of affairs.
other matters; something else
A handy vague phrase used to decline specifying personal details while providing sufficient explanation.
