除了她弟弟 但是…那又是另一码事了
“Apart from the brother, but… Well, that's a whole thing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但没人看到任何异样 对吧？
“But nobody saw anything, right?”
除了 她弟弟 但是 … 那 又是 另一码事 了
“Apart from the brother, but… Well, that's a whole thing.”
她弟弟 提醒我一下？
“The brother. Remind me?”
“There is an exception, but it's a complicated can of worms I'm not sure we should open.”
Phrases like '另一码事' (another matter) are frequently employed in Chinese discourse to prevent conflation of topics or to temporarily bypass delicate subjects.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
except for... / besides...
Used at the start of a sentence to introduce an exception to a general statement.
a completely different matter / another story
A highly idiomatic oral chunk used to separate two distinct topics or issues.
Indicates a new state or conclusion that the matter belongs to a separate category.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“leaving her and her brother behind.”
“carrying a boy or a girl?”
“I only have one brother.”
“His brother is not good. He is the opposite of him.”
“If I hadn't found my brother, that would be one thing.”
“I always thought the brother was the key in all of this.”