不对 这些都不是重点
“No. That's not why we're here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我这画的是二胡
“I drew an erhu here.”
不对 这些 都不是重点
“No. That's not why we're here.”
城主
“Your Excellency.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using direct dismissals like '不对,这不是重点' is a common conversational tool in spoken Chinese to prevent discussions from devolving into petty or tangential squabbles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not the main point; beside the point
Widely used to steer a discussion away from trivial details and back to the core issue.
wait, no; that's not right
Often used as an interjection when the speaker suddenly realizes an error in their own or the other person's line of thought.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“with Meng Ling. That's not the point.”
“This isn't important. - Just check it out. - The groundwater issue.”
“None of that matters anymore.”
“Whether it was or not doesn't matter anymore.”
“Enough. That's not what's important right now.”
“But none of that matters now anyway.”
“But none of that matters now anyway.”
“you never made it to the point.”