说出来不怕你笑话 就我那助理赵德
“Don't laugh when I tell you. It's about my assistant, Zhao De.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哪方面的困难
“What kind of trouble?”
说出来不怕你笑话 就我那助理赵德
“Don't laugh when I tell you. It's about my assistant, Zhao De.”
您记得吧
“You remember him, right?”
“This is embarrassing to admit, but I really need to vent about this person.”
Preemptively acknowledging that a story might sound foolish protects the speaker's face while inviting empathy and reducing social distance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not afraid to sound ridiculous / at the risk of embarrassing myself
A very common conversational prelude used before sharing an embarrassing blunder, insecurity, or awkward situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Joke about me? Fine. But making jokes about Zhao Mei? No.”
“I'm joking. Don't be so shocked.”
“Not afraid you'll laugh at me,”
“You might laugh at me, but I'm going to say it—”