但这事我再想想吧
“But please let me mull it over.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I know you both want what's the best for Changning and me.”
但这事我 再想想 吧
“But please let me mull it over.”
“I appreciate your good intentions, but I am really not convinced and want to hold off.”
Chinese speakers often use 'thinking it over' rather than an outright 'no' to preserve harmony and protect the face of well-meaning peers or elders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let me think it over again
A polite, standard conversational hedge used to buy time or soft-reject a proposal.
Softens the refusal or declaration into a gentle, non-confrontational suggestion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please reconsider this matter.”
“I'll think about it.”
“I need some more time to consider what you said.”