你在出卖你自己 你知道吗
“You're selling yourself. You know that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
任小名
“Ren Xiaoming.”
你在 出卖 你自己 你知道吗
“You're selling yourself. You know that?”
那你呢
“Then what about you?”
“You have completely degraded yourself and lost your principles, wake up!”
In Chinese interpersonal conflicts, accusing someone of 'selling out' attacks their fundamental integrity and moral foundation rather than just their competence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to sell oneself out; to compromise one's integrity or dignity
Used in serious confrontations to accuse someone of abandoning their values or self-respect for practical gains.
do you realize?; do you know?
Placed at the end of a critical statement to emphasize gravity and demand self-reflection from the listener.
Transforms the critical declarative into a rhetorical question to demand acknowledgment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You sold me out?”
“I believe you won't betray me.”
“You chose to sell your body and soul. Who else can you blame?”
“Don't betray me. Don't tell anyone!”
“who you can sell to then!”
“you know exactly how much you skimmed off.”