岂不是冤枉了 你这个大好人吗
“Wouldn't that be wrongly accusing a good man?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凭什么给你郑德诚处分
“then why should the leaders present here today punish you?”
岂不是 冤枉了 你 这个 大 好人 吗
“Wouldn't that be wrongly accusing a good man?”
是啊
“- Exactly! - Exactly!”
“Punishing you would be an absolute travesty of justice given how decent you are.”
Wronging a virtuous person carries heavy moral weight in Chinese culture, where public standing and moral integrity are paramount in community and political evaluation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wouldn't it be; wouldn't that mean
A rhetorical device used in spoken and semi-formal Chinese to argue that a proposed consequence is absurd or unacceptable.
a genuinely good person; a great person
Often used sincerely to praise someone's selfless moral character, though sometimes used sarcastically in other contexts.
Turns the rhetorical assertion into a question, inviting immediate agreement from the listener.
