把她给毁了 太可惜了
“destroying her. What a pity.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But her mother suddenly went crazy and set the fire,”
把她给 毁了 太可惜了
“destroying her. What a pity.”
要不是罗医生一直帮她付住院费 靠她那个继父
“Were it not for Dr. Luo, who's been covering her medical bills, she probably would have died long ago,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Lamenting someone's ruined future reflects empathy toward misfortunes caused by uncontrollable family tragedies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
completely ruined her / destroyed her life
A ba-construction with '给' added before the verb to intensify the adverse result.
what a pity / such a shame
A highly frequent everyday phrase to express regret over an unfortunate situation or wasted potential.
Marks the completion of an unfortunate change of state and reinforces the speaker's emotional sigh.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“was ruined by you!”
“You ruined a girl's life!”
“I ruined her. I ruined her whole life.”
“Why did you have to ruin it?”
“Posting it would ruin my public image. So why would she ruin her public image?”
“So you ruined my whole life!”