Jin Wu Avoid Offending Others

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Traditional Chinese

嗯，一般來說，嗯…就是…在與人交往，然後，我覺得第一個就是，嗯因爲有些人他、每個人都會有不同的背景，然後要注意每個人的背景，因爲有可能在大家交往的時候會說，嗯，我不太喜哪個人，哪里來的人。然後呢，剛好這個人就是從那個地方來的。然後，這樣會，嗯，可能會使別人感到尷尬。然後，第二個就是說，在大家，嗯，在大家討論某一個問題的時候，如果說別人犯了錯誤，那個錯誤又不是涉及到原則性的問題的話，不一定就是當著別人的面，要指出來別人的錯誤；就是別人在哪里犯了錯誤，會使別人覺得很尷尬。嗯，還有就是說，在爭論，在談論某些問題的時候，不一定非要…嗯，就是…固執己見，堅持自己的觀點，然後，對某一個問題，就是針鋒相對，然後也會使別人感到非常的、嗯，難堪。

Simplified Chinese

Pinyin

N, yībānláishuō, n…jiùshi…zài yǔrén jiāowǎng, ránhòu, wǒ juéde dìyīge jiùshi, n yīnwèi yǒuxiērén tā, měigerén dōuhuì yǒu bùtóng de bèijǐng, ránhòu yào zhùyì měigerén de bèijǐng, yīnwèi yǒu kěnéng zài dàjiā jiāowǎng de shíhou huì shuō, n, wǒ bútài xǐ nǎge rén, nǎli lái de rén. Ránhòu ne, gānghǎo zhègerén jiùshi cóng nàge dìfāng lái de. Ránhòu, zhèyang huì, n, kěnéng huì shǐ biérén gǎndao gāngà. Ránhòu, dì’èrge jiùshishuō, zài dàjiā, n, zài dàjiā tǎolùn mǒu yíge wèntí de shíhou, rúguǒshuō biérén fànle cuòwù, nàge cuòwù yòu búshì shèjídào yuánzéxìng de wèntí dehuà, bù yídìng jiùshi dāngzhe biérén de miàn, yào zhǐchūlai biérén de cuòwù, jiùshi biérén zài nǎli fànle cuòwù, huì shǐ biérén juéde hěn gāngà. N, háiyǒu jiùshishuō, zài zhēnglùn, zài tánlùn mǒuxiē wèntí de shíhou, bùyídìng fēiyào. N, jiùshi…gùzhíjǐjiàn, jiānchí zìjǐ de guāndiǎn, ránhòu, duì mǒu yíge wèntí, jiùshi zhēnfēngxiāngduì, ránhòu yěhuì shǐ biérén gǎndao fēicháng de, n, nánkān.

English

Generally speaking, I feel that in contact with people the first thing (to consider) is that everyone has a different background. You have to pay attention to each person’s background, because it’s possible that when everyone is talking together, someone may say “I don’t like people of this kind…or from this place…” And right at that moment there is someone from that place sitting there with you. This could make someone feel extremely embarrassed. The second (case to consider) is when everyone is discussing whatever matter and one person makes a mistake that doesn’t really touch upon the principle issue, it is not necessary to point out and draw intention to it in front of the others. This could (also) make someone very embarrassed even if someone does make mistake. Further, when discussing or debating a topic, you don’t have to be stubborn about your opinion and defend your point to the death. (Showing that you are) completely opposed to someone on whatever issue can be extremely hard for (some people) to take.

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