他不就是为了保护我吗
“He was just trying to protect me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈 你能不能别这么说呀
“Mom, can you not say that?”
他 不就是为了 保护我 吗
“He was just trying to protect me.”
那要没有小满的话
“Were it not for Xiaoman,”
“Stop blaming him; everything he did was out of love and concern for me!”
Chinese parents often scrutinize their adult children's partners closely, leading children to passionately defend their significant other's intentions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it just for the sake of...
A rhetorical structure used to strongly emphasize the obviousness or purity of a motive.
Converts the statement into a rhetorical question to forcefully emphasize the speaker's stance.