New practical Chinese reader 3 & 4 idiomatic expressions to use in conversations and essays

对我们来说

for us

比如说

for example

你说是不是

what do you think

我看

in my opinion, I think

这是为什么

Why is this?

当然不是

Of course not

是这样

That's why

你说到哪儿去了

What are you talking about?

人们常说

People often say

我也是这样想的

I think so too

不知道行不行

I don't know if it will be alright

请多提意见

your suggestions will be highly appreciated

当然可以

of course, of course you can

要不

otherwise...

一般来说

generally speaking

简单地说

Simply speaking

最重要的是

the most important thing is

不用着急

Don't worry

少说也有

there are at least

早在

as early as

像。。。一样

to look like

您怎么称呼

may I have your name please

真棒

great, awesome

不算太高

Not so high/tall

得看

it depends on

还行

not bad

还凑合

not too bad

...什么的

and so on

你们可能不知道

Perhaps you don't know

看得出来

you can tell/see that... it is evident that...

想不到

It's unexpected that...

跟。。。有关系

be related to

你说得很对

you are absolutely right

别提了

don't talk about it

你又来了

There you go again

很久很久以前

a long long time ago

您别管

nevermind

绝对不行

absolutely not

这您就不了解了

this is something you don't understand

您听我说

let me explain

没错儿

exactly

应该说

the fact is

就是

you bet

去哪家都行

Anywhere is fine

我什么都想吃

I want to eat anything

怎么回事儿

What's going on?

我怎么也不明白

I just don't understand

我想说的不是这个意思

This is not what I'm talking about

我是说

what I'm saying is

我看就这么决定了

I think we'll settle it this way

怎么开得了口

How can I say that?

我是怎么跟你说的

what did I tell you?

这有什么不好

what's wrong with that?

这不挺好吗？

Isn't that good enough?

我怎么了

What's wrong with me?

特别是

particularly

还有

furthermore

总的来说

Generally speaking

大家都知道

as you all know

这不公平

This is not fair

有人认为

Some people think that

对这个问题，你们有什么看法

What's your opinions about this problem

你不认为。。。吗？

Don't you think that

首先，我谈第一个问题

first, let me talk about the first problem

也就是说

in other words

那当然

of course

这个想法很好

This is a good idea