可真不是替你出头
“standing up for you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你像今天啊 我这个
“Today, I really wasn't”
可真 不是 替你出头
“standing up for you.”
“It was not for you. Guo Fugui was just so infuriating.”
“Don't flatter yourself into thinking I did this for you.”
In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, individuals often downplay acts of chivalry or care to protect their own pride and keep the other person from feeling burdensome indebtedness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stand up for someone; to stick one's neck out for someone
A vivid colloquial phrase used when someone intervenes or takes the fall on another person's behalf.
really not; most definitely not
Used with emphatic 'ke' to strongly refute an assumption made by the other person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you will truly be falling into their trap, right?”
“Do we need to be the first to try it?”
“But some things can't be solved by your moral high ground preaching.”
“This is not the time for you to show off.”
“[man] Well, it's true. And it's my turn.”
“It really wasn't me!”