朕都为了你牺牲自我
“I have sacrificed myself for you”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Look,”
朕都 为了你 牺牲 自我
“I have sacrificed myself for you”
用心良苦了
“and gone to great lengths.”
“I demeaned my royal status just to make you happy, so you'd better appreciate it.”
Explicitly tallying one's sacrifices is a common interpersonal tactic in Chinese relationships to establish moral leverage and obligate the other to reciprocate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sacrifice oneself
Can be used seriously for heroic acts, or dramatically in interpersonal disputes to induce guilt.
sacrifice for the sake of ...
A standard construction to highlight devotion or compromise on behalf of another party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can sacrifice yourself to take care of him. That's your own choice.”
“sacrifice yourself,”
“which could even be called risking ourselves for what's right.”
“died for the country.”
“he sacrificed all his memories.”
“sacrifice yourself”
“You sacrificed your life for the country.”
“For my sake, you made such a big sacrifice,”