Learn 10 phrases that make you look like a fool that you should avoid
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| Hi guys! Today we’re going to learn 10 Phrases that Make You Look Like a Fool. Actually this kind of sentences is not so useful, but it’s better to know it and avoid using it in daily life. |
| 1. 你不是很聪明。 (Nǐ bùshì hěn cōngmíng.) “You're not very smart.” |
| Oh, sorry, I made a mistake, please forgive me. |
| 你不是很聪明。 (Nǐ bùshì hěn cōngmíng.) “You're not very smart.” |
| What? |
| 2. 你永远不会成功。(Nǐ yǒngyuǎn bù huì chénggōng.) “You’ll never succeed.” |
| Instead of saying “You’ll never succeed” to your friends, you can say “Maybe if you change to another way, you will succeed.” |
| 也许你换一种方式，你就会成功。 (Yěxǔ nǐ huàn yī zhǒng fāngshì, nǐ jiù huì chénggōng.) |
| It’s better. |
| 3. 你必须按我说的做。 (Nǐ bìxū àn wǒ shuō de zuò.) “You must do what I say.” |
| Oh guys, this is so rude, never use this sentence with your friends, instead of this sentence, you can use, like, “Maybe you can try my way.” |
| 你可以按我说的做一下。 (Nǐ kěyǐ àn wǒ shuō de zuò yīxià.) |
| It’s better. |
| 4. 我不再需要学习任何新的东西。 (Wǒ bù zài xūyào xuéxí rènhé xīn de dōngxī.) “I don't need to learn anything anymore.” |
| It’s so egoistic, we have an old sentence “Live and learn” 学到老活到老 (Xué dào lǎo huó dào lǎo), so you must keep going and learn all the time in your life. |
| 5. 我不需要你的建议。 (wǒ bù xūyào nǐ de jiànyì.) “I don't need your advice.” |
| Oh, maybe the advice from your friends is not useful, and sometimes it’s not right, but you can say, |
| 谢谢你的建议，我会认真考虑的。 (Xièxiè nǐ de jiànyì, wǒ huì rènzhēn kǎolǜ de.) “Thanks for your advice, I would think of that.” |
| Maybe you just leave it alone, it’s ok. |
| 6. 我什么都知道。 (Wǒ shénme dōu zhīdào.) “I know everything.” |
| This sentence is so bad, but you can change this sentence a little bit and look up to your friends, like, |
| 哇，你什么都知道。(Wa, nǐ shénme dōu zhīdào.) that means ”Wow, you know everything.” |
| Your friends will be really happy. |
| 7. 我们做不到。 (Wǒmen zuò bù dào.) “We can’t do that.” |
| Change this sentence a little bit, and you can make a request to others. |
| “Without your help we can’t do that.” |
| 没有你的帮助我们做不到。 (Méiyǒu nǐ de bāngzhù wǒmen zuò bù dào.) |
| So “I need your help”, it’s a really helpful sentence. |
| 8. 我是对的，你是错的。(Wǒ shì duì de, nǐ shì cuò de.) “I’m right and you're wrong.” |
| Oh it’s a stupid sentence, don’t use it, guys, be careful. |
| If your friends do something and don't listen to our advice, and they failed, you can |
| say, like, it’s ok, “failure is the mother of success.” |
| 失败是成功之母。 (Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ) |
| 9. 这太难了，想都别想。 (Zhè tài nánle, xiǎng dōu bié xiǎng.) “It's too hard, don't even try.” |
| Sometimes something is really hard, for example, your grandpa is already 60 years old, and he wants to learn ballet, it's impossible, but you can’t say |
| 这太难了，想都别想。 (Zhè tài nánle, xiǎng dōu bié xiǎng.) “It's too hard, don't even try.” |
| You can say, like, “maybe another kind of dance is more suitable for you” |
| 你可以尝试一下跳其他的舞。 (Nǐ kěyǐ chángshì yīxià tiào qítā de wǔ.) |
| 10. 大家都要听我的。 (Dàjiā dōu yào tīng wǒ de.) “Everyone should listen to me.” |
| I think everyone needs help and suggestions from others, from friends, so if you really want you to let your friends try your way, you can say, |
| 大家可以按我说的试一下。 (dàjiā kěyǐ àn wǒ shuō de shì yīxià.) |
| It's just a suggestion way, it’s softer and more gentle. |
| 10 Phrases that Make You Look Like a Fool. I think you guys don’t want to look like a fool, right? |
| So please don’t use these sentence in your daily life. But you can change a little bit to express the same idea in another way, more polite. |
| Okay, that’s all for today! Don’t forget to subscribe, please give me suggestions and comment below. Thank you! See you next time, bye bye! |
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