Does that make sense?
Neutral Polite
What it really means
What lecturers say after explaining something, to check understanding. It is genuinely fine to answer "not quite" — that is what they are asking for. You can use it yourself after explaining something in a presentation.
Chinese explanation
老师讲解后确认大家是否听懂的常用语。回答 "not quite"（还不太懂）完全没问题——他们问的就是这个。你自己做展示讲完一段后也可以用。
Example conversation
A: …and that's why the two results differ. Does that make sense?
B: Mostly — I'm still unsure about the middle step.
A：……所以两个结果才不一样。这样讲清楚了吗？
B：大部分懂了——中间那步我还有点不确定。
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