他现在这个境况 确实是不太好
“He's having a hard time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那是二十多年的老哥们了
“for over twenty years.”
他现 在这 个境况 确实是 不太好
“He's having a hard time.”
这个时候呢 我也确实不能把他说的话
“At this point, I really should take him seriously, understand?”
“I admit he is in trouble, but that means we have to take his claims with a grain of salt.”
Phrasing severe hardship or failure as 'not very good' (不太好) preserves face (mianzi) while accurately conveying a dire status in business or personal discussions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this plight; current circumstance
A slightly formal, objective noun phrase used to refer to someone's life or financial condition.
indeed not very good
A standard polite euphemism in Chinese used to describe bad or difficult situations without sounding overly harsh.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He must be living very comfortably now,”
“he's not in any state to write anything good right now.”
“Given his current condition, I really can't find anyone else.”
“How is he doing? I heard he suffered a head injury.”
“Isn't he doing fine now?”
“things are not looking up for us.”