倒也不是不喜欢 只是我刚除服不久
“It's not that I don't like it, I've just ended my mourning period,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
何须为了一把伞浪费心神
“why waste your energy over an umbrella?”
倒也不是 不喜欢 只 是我 刚除服不久
“It's not that I don't like it, I've just ended my mourning period,”
实在不便用这等鲜艳的颜色
“so it's inappropriate for me to use such bright colors.”
“I appreciate your kindness, but social etiquette strictly forbids me from flaunting bright colors right now.”
In traditional China, wearing vibrant colors soon after the mourning period (除服) was considered disrespectful to deceased elders and a breach of filial propriety.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not really that...
A polite discourse marker used to soften a contradiction or preface an alternative explanation without offending the listener.
end the mourning period; take off mourning garments
A formal classical term indicating the formal conclusion of the prescribed filial mourning period.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well, I've always preferred someone”
“I'm far too upright. I don't like debauched places bustling with singsong girls.”
“You don't like me and that is normal.”
“Not anymore. Now I...”
“What, you don't like it anymore?”
“You don't like it?”