谁让他先想着害我的
“Serves him right for coming after me first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
白德瑞肯定会查他的账
“Barry will audit his accounts.”
谁让他 先 想着 害我 的
“Serves him right for coming after me first.”
还想让我的客户从董越那里进货
“He even tried to get my clients to buy from Dong Yue.”
“He had it coming because he struck first, so don't blame me.”
In Chinese social and business logic, unprovoked harm breaks balance, making direct retaliation seen as fully legitimate moral retribution rather than unfair aggression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who told him to / it serves him right for
Used in colloquial spoken Chinese to shift blame onto someone else and rationalize bad consequences that befell them.
harm me / sabotage me
Commonly used when someone undermines your interests, safety, or career.
Functions at the end of the clause to add strong assertion and subjective certainty to the justification.
