HEYGOW ASMR

When it goes too far

10 phrases
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zhè wánxiào kāi guòtóu le.
这玩笑开过头了。
ENthat joke went too far
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yǒuxiē huà bù néng luàn shuō.
有些话不能乱说。
ENsome things you shouldn't say lightly
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wǒ kě bù juéde hǎoxiào.
我可不觉得好笑。
ENI don't find that funny
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bié ná zhège kāi wánxiào.
别拿这个开玩笑。
ENdon't joke about this
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nǐ zhè huà shāng rén le.
你这话伤人了。
ENthat hurt
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shìkě'érzhǐ ba.
适可而止吧。
ENlet's stop while we're ahead
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wánxiào guī wánxiào.
玩笑归玩笑。
ENa joke is a joke, but
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wǒ rènzhēn de.
我认真的。
ENI'm being serious
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dào cǐ wéi zhǐ.
到此为止。
ENthat's where it ends
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wǒ dàoqiàn, shì wǒ shuō zhòng le.
我道歉,是我说重了。
ENI'm sorry, I put it too strongly

适可而止 - stop at the point where it is fitting - is the four-character way to call time on a joke, and it works because it criticises the amount rather than the joke. 我认真的 - I'm being serious - drops the register instantly and is understood at once.