你不要以为今天我说你打得对
“Don't think that just because I said he deserved it,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
刚刚过世了
“a very close family member.”
你不要 以为 今天 我说 你打得对
“Don't think that just because I said he deserved it,”
你就真觉得自己有理了
“you actually had the right to hit him.”
“I supported you just this once, but don't you dare get arrogant about it.”
Even when violent retaliation is understandable under emotional provocation, Chinese mentors reinforce temperance so the subordinate does not lose moral high ground.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't think that... / do not assume that...
A firm spoken formula used to debunk an interlocutor's presumed complacency or false sense of justification.
did the right thing by hitting / was justified in hitting
An evaluative verb-complement structure expressing moral validation of physical punishment or retaliation.
