那你说我好心好意地帮他
“I helped him out with good intentions,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那肯定是有一点点的
“well, maybe just a little.”
那 你说 我 好心好意地 帮他
“I helped him out with good intentions,”
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“wasted an entire night”
“I did everything with good intentions, but he completely wronged me.”
Using 'you tell me' (你说) is a standard communicative tactic in Chinese culture to invite the listener to act as an impartial moral arbiter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you tell me / judge for yourself
A frequent conversational opener used when appealing to a third party's common sense or sympathy.
out of the goodness of one's heart / with good intentions
An idiomatic four-character phrase used to stress that one's motives were entirely benevolent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I was kind enough to help you run lines.”
“I appreciate your kindness.”
“[I took care of you for several times.]”
“I'm trying to help you!”
“How nice of him to bring it down for me.”