你为什么替魏祁林说话
“Why are you defending Wei Qilin?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 你什么意思
“-I... -What do you mean?”
你 为什么 替魏祁林 说话
“Why are you defending Wei Qilin?”
“Whose side are you really on, and why are you shielding a suspect?”
In Chinese interpersonal conflicts, openly defending someone often implies that you share their allegiances or moral culpability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to speak up for someone / to defend someone
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when someone takes another person's side in a dispute or discussion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But why are you speaking up for Wei Qilin,”
“How can I compare to you?”
“How do you not feel bad dumping everything on Gui?”
“Why did Zhao suddenly say something like that?”
“If you speak up for the bastard Wei,”