今日 我们拂了他的好意
“Today, we rejected his kindness.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今日 我们拂了他的好意
“Today, we rejected his kindness.”
“We made things awkward by rejecting him, so we need to make it up to him later.”
Rejecting a matchmaker or mediator's goodwill risks hurting their mianzi (face), requiring future social reciprocity to mend.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to brush aside or decline someone's kind intentions
A literary yet common spoken idiom used when feeling apologetic about rejecting someone's well-meaning gesture.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now it belongs to us.”
“Since we're here, let's make things clear.”
“Today, I…”
“I... I'm in a good mood today. I'll let you off the hook this time.”
“you must give us an explanation today!”
“Well, let me introduce you... I actually know it quite well.”
“You have really surprised me today.”
“Honestly, he really impressed me today.”