她还是个娃 你能下得去手 你是不是个人
“She's just a kid. How could you touch her? Have you no conscience?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她还 是 个娃 你能 下得去手 你 是不是个人
“She's just a kid. How could you touch her? Have you no conscience?”
我啥都没干呀
“I didn't do anything!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling someone 'not human' in Chinese culture invokes the Confucian standard that failing basic moral decencies reduces one to the level of a beast.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have the heart to strike or harm someone
Used in rhetorical questions to express disbelief at someone's cruelty or lack of moral boundaries.
are you even a human being
A severe moral insult denouncing someone as subhuman or beastly due to depraved behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she's still your mother. You still have to be around her, don't you?”
“She's a woman with a baby. What can she possibly do?”
“From now on, my daughter is your daughter.”
“Oh, poor girl.”
“Oh, listen to you. Have you ever heard the kid sing?”
“but she's still your mother.”