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Coffee Break Series: How to be Deliberately Vague, Part 2
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ID: 4518 Pre Intermediate
In today's lesson, we will learn some useful Chinese Language techniques. You will learn to understand "ways of gentility", which is often seen in a Chinese work environment.
Tue Feb 16 2021 | Joshua, Alice
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
不太 | bùtài | not too; not really | |
不怎么 | bùzěnme | not very | |
没那么 | méinàme | not really; not that...; not so... | |
比较 | bǐjiào | to compare; to contrast; comparatively |
不太
bùtài
Not really
主管,我不太想换到另一个团队。您可以找别人吗?
zhǔguǎn ,wǒ bùtài xiǎng huàn dào lìng yīgē tuánduì 。nín kěyǐ zhǎo biéren ma ?
Mister, I don’t really feel like transferring to another team. Could you find someone else?
因为没有加班费,所以我不太想加班。
yīnwèi méiyǒu jiābānfèi ,suǒyǐ wǒ bùtài xiǎng jiābān 。
Since there’s no overtime payment, I don’t really want to work overtime.
不怎么
bùzěnme
Not really
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