Well, it depends on what he--on how you interpret that sentence because the sentence is beautifully ambiguous.

这取决与你如何解释那句话,因为那句话模糊的近乎完美

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

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