是我一个人杀的
“I killed them all by myself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若儿是水鬼
“I am the water ghost!”
是我 一个人 杀 的
“I killed them all by myself.”
“When Ruo found out I was the water ghost,”
“Do not blame anyone else; I am the only culprit here.”
In Chinese dramatic narratives, taking sole responsibility for a crime is often done out of loyalty or love to protect an innocent party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
alone / by oneself
Commonly placed before a verb to emphasize that an action was carried out single-handedly without help.
cleft construction used for focus/emphasis
Use this structure to emphasize the agent, time, manner, or location of a past completed action.
Marks the completion of the cleft sentence construction to firmly emphasize the agent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I did it alone!”
“I'm the one who killed everyone.”
“I killed him.”
“I killed him. I admit it.”