还出言诅咒我们 我这才跟他吵起来的
“He even cursed us! That's when I got into it with him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He only picked the nastiest things to say.”
还 出言诅咒 我们 我这才跟他 吵起来 的
“He even cursed us! That's when I got into it with him.”
你吃了这里的饭菜 为何不付钱？
“You ate their food. Why didn't you pay?”
“I did not start this fight; he crossed the line first and forced my hand.”
In Chinese social disputes, proving that the other party started the transgression gives moral legitimacy to one's own outburst.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to utter words or speak out
A semi-formal literary term often used in compound phrases like cursing or insulting others.
only then; only for this reason
Used before a verb phrase to indicate that a preceding reason directly caused the subsequent action.
Emphasizes the circumstance and justification behind the past action in a shi...de construction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Maybe it's a curse.”
“I curse you to fail to meet your targets and be fired soon.”
“You curse me? Yes!”
“I've been cursed!”
“I was under a Spell of Utterance before— ♪ Paved with countless lost souls ♪”
“I was under a Spell of Utterance before,”