Text this: The tentative construction in Modern Chinese

  ______     ___      ______     ___     _    _   
 /_____//   / _ \\   /_____//   / _ \\  | || | || 
 `____ `   / //\ \\  `____ `   | / \ || | || | || 
 /___//   |  ___  || /___//    | \_/ || | \\_/ || 
 `__ `    |_||  |_|| `__ `      \___//   \____//  
 /_//     `-`   `-`  /_//       `---`     `---`   
 `-`                 `-`