可是总觉得他好可怜
“but I keep feeling bad for him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是 总觉得 他 好可怜
“but I keep feeling bad for him.”
确定
“Are you sure?”
“Even if he seems strange, I cannot help feeling bad for him.”
Chinese speakers often soften potential disagreements or critical assessments of others by appealing to intuitive sympathy, balancing objective judgment with emotional warmth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot help feeling / always have the feeling that
Use this phrase to soften an opinion or introduce an intuitive feeling that persists despite rational counter-evidence.
so pitiful / so pathetic
A common colloquial way to express deep sympathy or pity towards someone's unfortunate circumstance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it seems as if he were still here.”
“I felt so sorry for him.”
“I saw he's pretty caring.”
“So pitiful.”
“I cared about him too little.”
“One look and I knew he meant no good.”