但是能不能不要是现在
“But can it not be now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“To be honest, I'm looking forward to it too.”
但是 能不能不要 是 现在
“But can it not be now?”
你在害怕什么呀
“What are you afraid of?”
“I like you and want this too, but I am scared and not ready to commit this second.”
Asking to postpone rather than outright rejecting is a common way in Chinese dating to negotiate personal comfort zones without hurting the partner's feelings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could you please not / can we please not
A gentle yet clear negative request formula used to soften a refusal or plea.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Oh, could you not? Thank you.”
“Director Kang. Let's not play like that again, alright?”
“Do you want to consider”
“I just don't think it's necessary.”
“What do you all think? It sounds good.”
“[Not interested] could you reconsider it?”