是 是我借的 我借的
“No, I borrowed it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好像也是廖光永替你出的 对吧 不不
“Seems like Liao Guangyong paid it for you, right? No, I borrowed it.”
是 是我借的 我借的
“No, I borrowed it.”
借的
“Borrowed it?”
“It was just a loan! Do not twist it into something illegal!”
In Chinese legal and financial contexts, categorizing illicit cash transfers as a private loan (借) is a common, urgent defense against bribery or complicity charges.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it was me who borrowed it
Uses the '是...的' construction to emphasize the action of borrowing as opposed to receiving a gift or bribe.
Functions within the '是...的' cleft construction to emphasize that the act of taking money was strictly a loan.