你别听秦律师忽悠
“Don't listen to Ms. Qin talking me up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还专门为我出庭
“Yet you still came to court for me.”
你 别 听秦律师 忽悠
“Don't listen to Ms. Qin talking me up.”
我忙什么呀
“What busy?”
“Do not make a big deal out of this; it really was not much trouble for me.”
Chinese speakers often downplay favors done for friends or colleagues by accusing third parties of exaggerating the effort, preventing the other party from feeling an excessive debt of gratitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to mislead, trick, or talk into something
A highly colloquial Northern term widely used in modern Mandarin to describe exaggerations or playful deception.
do not listen to someone's exaggerations/nonsense
A handy formula used to dismiss third-party exaggerations and reassure someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sounds like you and Ms. Qin actually make a pretty good team.”
“Please make sure to thank Ms. Qin for me. Thanks to her for persuading me.”
“Thank you, Ms. Qin. Let me treat you to dinner.”
“You and Ms. Qin really do coordinate flawlessly.”
“Now I can finally answer to Ms. Qin.”
“I'm not taking your case. No, Ms. Qin, please listen to me.”