他非但没有被我吓跑
“But instead of running away,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可没想到
“But instead of running away,”
他 非但没有 被我 吓跑
“But instead of running away,”
还觉得我很特别
“he thought I was special.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, meeting someone who accepts and cherishes one's peculiarities rather than being driven away is considered a rare, profound romantic or spiritual connection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not only did not...
Use this paired construction with 还 (or 反而) to emphasize that an expected negative reaction completely failed to happen, yielding an opposite or surprising result.
to scare away
A common colloquial verb-resultative compound used to describe driving someone away through eccentric or intimidating behavior.
