打过去人家还以为你不想借
“If you call him, he'll think you don't want to lend him the money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
算了算了
“Forget it.”
打 过去 人家 还以为 你 不想 借
“If you call him, he'll think you don't want to lend him the money.”
也对
“That's true.”
“Calling them right now will just make things awkward and make you look stingy.”
In Chinese social etiquette, lending money requires delicate handling; hesitation or over-explaining can be perceived as an insincere or unwilling attitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to call back; to make a phone call over to someone
Directional verb phrase used for returning or initiating a telephone call.
might mistakenly think; would assume
Used when pointing out a risk of a false impression or incorrect assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“leveraging this chance to”
“I lent it to him without asking you first.”
“I'll go borrow the money.”
“when you asked to borrow money before, I didn't ask what you wanted to do.”
“But we agreed it was a loan.”
“but he gave me the IOU back.”