我也不是什么好东西啊
“I'm not a good person either.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我没你讲的那么好
“I'm not as great as you make me sound.”
我也不是 什么 好东西 啊
“I'm not a good person either.”
我就是瑶瑶说的暗着来的那一种
“I'm exactly what Yaoyao said. The sneaky kind.”
“Do not put me on a pedestal; I have a darker side you do not know about.”
Chinese speakers often downplay their own virtues or moral standing to avoid being placed on an unattainable pedestal or to preemptively excuse future flaws.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no saint; not a good person; a bad egg
A blunt colloquial idiom used either in harsh criticism of someone or in honest, humorous self-deprecation.
Softens the blunt self-criticism and invites empathetic understanding from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you're no good either.”
“he was no good.”
“It's not like I'm”
“I'm not some morally perfect person.”
“In this world, you can't have every good thing.”
“It's nothing. See, I'm fine.”