想满足你一个心愿
“They want to fulfill your wish.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是可怜你
“The higher-ups transferred you back to handle the case out of pity.”
想 满足 你一个 心愿
“They want to fulfill your wish.”
“Everyone at the station is handling you with kid gloves. Can't you see it?”
“Do not flatter yourself; everyone gave in to you out of sympathy, not respect.”
In Chinese work units (danwei), colleagues may indulge someone out of human sympathy (人情), but bluntly reminding them of this pity destroys their face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fulfill a wish / grant a desire
A common formal-to-spoken collocation used when speaking of deep personal longings or final requests.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can grant you one wish.”
“She wants to help you fulfill that wish.”
“I will grant one of your wishes.”
“It's also been my only wish all these years.”
“And I had to make their wishes come true.”
“He said every wish”
“You can also treat it as a wish.”
“I'll fulfill one of your wishes.”
“Your wish will surely come true.”