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Chinese speakers avoid controversial answers
When Chinese speakers do not wish to answer controversial questions, there is a phrase that they use.
Would you please give me the characters for that phrase.
I think that the English translation is something like: It's not convenient to talk about that.
Thank you
Would you please give me the characters for that phrase.
I think that the English translation is something like: It's not convenient to talk about that.
Thank you
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简体字( Simplified Chinese characters ) : 很难说
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繁體字 ( Traditional Chinese characters ) : 很難說
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If I am asked to translate this phrase , my translation will be "It's quite hard to say " or "That's very difficult to say. "( " nan " can means " hard " or " difficult ")
I've just referred to urbandictionary.com about "It's hard to say " , its meaning seems very similar to what "hen nan shuo " means in Chinese .
So if you want to express " It's not convenient to talk about that" , "hen nan shuo " might be too ambiguous .
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繁體字 ( Traditional Chinese characters ) : 很難說
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If I am asked to translate this phrase , my translation will be "It's quite hard to say " or "That's very difficult to say. "( " nan " can means " hard " or " difficult ")
I've just referred to urbandictionary.com about "It's hard to say " , its meaning seems very similar to what "hen nan shuo " means in Chinese .
So if you want to express " It's not convenient to talk about that" , "hen nan shuo " might be too ambiguous .
I am a Chinese speaker.
I think we actually dont understand what you are talking about in that situation.
I think we actually dont understand what you are talking about in that situation.
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