说句不好听的。(Shuō jù bù hǎotīng de.)To speak bluntly.
Explanation
这个短句一般用做插入语,位于句首或句中,用来指出说话人要说的话并不是别人会喜欢听的话,可能是因为太直率,不够客气,也可能是会让人有点不舒服的。
This phrase is often used as a parenthesis, which appears at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence, indicating what the speaker is going to say would sound blunt and may be unpleasant to hear.
Words:
歌星ɡēxīnɡ:singer;
漂亮piàoliɑnɡ:pretty,beautiful;
优点yōudiǎn:merit;
电影diànyǐnɡ:movie.
Sentences
1.Jiǎ: Wǒ shízài bù xǐhuān nà gè gēxīng.
甲:我实在不喜欢那个歌星。
A: I really don’t like that singer.
Yǐ: Wǒ yě bù xǐhuān. Shuō jù bù hǎotīng de, chúle zhǎng de piàoliàng diǎnr, tā hái yǒu shénme yōudiǎn!
乙:我也不喜欢。说句不好听的,除了长得漂亮点儿,她还有什么优点!
B: I don’t like her either. To speak bluntly, what merit does she have except for being pretty!
2.JIǎ: Xīn shàngyìng de diǎnyǐng hǎokàn ma?
甲:新上映的电影好看吗?
A: How do you think about the new movie?
Yǐ: Shuō jù bù hǎotīng de, zhè kǒngpà shì wǒ kàn guò de zuì zāogāo de diànyǐng le.
乙:说句不好听的,这恐怕是我看过的最糟糕的电影了。
B: To speak bluntly, it is probably the worst movie I have ever seen.