不管谁先动的手
“It doesn't matter who started it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但不是我先动的手
“but I didn't start it.”
不管 谁先动的手
“It doesn't matter who started it.”
“You were right to smash their signboard.”
“I don't care who started it, you did what needed to be done.”
In street conflicts or honor disputes, moral backing or collective solidarity often overrides legalistic concerns about who made the first physical strike.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no matter who; regardless of who
Used to set aside specific identity or responsibility to focus on an unavoidable conclusion.
to come to blows; to start hitting someone
A common colloquial phrase referring to initiating physical aggression or fighting.
Forms a cleft construction emphasizing the subject who initiated the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Police Office Operating Procedures] They started it. No matter who threw the first punch,”
“The one who started it was wrong anyway.”
“I started it. [Year 2000]”
“no one can touch you.”
“I was the one who started it.”
“When it's time to act, he acts.”