<p>你（你们）能回避一下吗？or
你（你们）方便回避一下吗？more politely asking.
If you meant they want to have some privacy and can nicely ask others to leave. </p>

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2017-12-12T17:52:30.133Z
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JINZHU
<p>"Give them some privacy" = "給他們一點私人空間吧"</p>

<p>私人空間 means "private space", To give a person some private space means to leave him alone for a while. </p>

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2017-12-12T15:18:26.860Z
2017-12-12T16:38:03.967Z
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Tang Ho
<p>If I get your gist correctly, 3 people are waiting, then a boy arrives, who the girl really wants to see. You say to the other person or persons present: </p>

<p>Let's go outside so they can talk in private.<br>
我们到外面去，让他们单独谈谈。</p>

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2017-12-12T23:29:56.877Z
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Pedroski
<p>How about a less direct translation:</p>

<p>不要在那儿当电灯泡。</p>

<p>which roughly translates to something like: don't be a third-wheel over there.</p>

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2017-12-13T06:46:30.717Z
exact translation in bkrs: 电灯泡 2) slang unwanted third party accompanying courting couple; chaperone
user6065
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2017-12-13T07:33:18.103Z
A Chinese-English Dict also gives third-wheel, like I wrote above, for their definition.
Mou某
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Mou某
<p>Recently I noticed that a young girl waited for several hours, so as to be able to pass the break with my younger colleague. So my friend and I took a walk outside.</p>

<p>Though this is not something I expect to have to explain, I still wondered how to politely express it. Obviously I don’t mean they had anything improper in mind. But they could talk without everyone listening.</p>

<p>Would 尊重兩人隱私 sound improper? What are polite expressions?</p>

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2017-12-13T00:37:21.717Z
让他们讨论自己的事情，我们最好别管闲事吧！
user6065
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How to express giving two people some privacy?
# How to express giving two people some privacy?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-12)

Recently I noticed that a young girl waited for several hours, so as to be able to pass the break with my younger colleague. So my friend and I took a walk outside.

Though this is not something I expect to have to explain, I still wondered how to politely express it. Obviously I don’t mean they had anything improper in mind. But they could talk without everyone listening.

Would 尊重兩人隱私 sound improper? What are polite expressions?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 让他们讨论自己的事情，我们最好别管闲事吧！  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-12. Score: 4

你（你们）能回避一下吗？or
你（你们）方便回避一下吗？more politely asking.
If you meant they want to have some privacy and can nicely ask others to leave.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-12-12. Score: 4

"Give them some privacy" = "給他們一點私人空間吧"

私人空間 means "private space", To give a person some private space means to leave him alone for a while.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-12-12. Score: 3

If I get your gist correctly, 3 people are waiting, then a boy arrives, who the girl really wants to see. You say to the other person or persons present:

Let's go outside so they can talk in private.  
我们到外面去，让他们单独谈谈。


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### Answer by username_5 on 2017-12-13. Score: 3

How about a less direct translation:

不要在那儿当电灯泡。

which roughly translates to something like: don't be a third-wheel over there.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: exact translation in bkrs: 电灯泡 2) slang unwanted third party accompanying courting couple; chaperone  
> **username_5**: A Chinese-English Dict also gives third-wheel, like I wrote above, for their definition.  

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