那为了赵俊 那我不自私了吗
“I wouldn't be that selfish.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But I can't help with that. No.”
那为了赵俊 那 我不自私了吗
“I wouldn't be that selfish.”
“You're our only high-class relative. Only for the village”
“I cannot use my connections just to bail out one person and look corrupt or selfish.”
Using personal networks (Guanxi) for an individual family member can provoke moral dilemmas between familial loyalty and being perceived as selfish or corrupt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of / in order to
Essential preposition to indicate the beneficiary or purpose of an action.
selfish
Common adjective used to critique oneself or others regarding self-serving behavior.
Indicates a hypothetical change of state resulting in an undesirable label ('become selfish').
Marks a rhetorical question to challenge the other person's logic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No wonder Zhao Jun is so introverted. She endures all the bullying.”
“If she had evidence, she wouldn't have had to make such a fuss.”
“He said Zhao Junxin was overwhelmed by grief, implying that she wasn't thinking straight”
“Zhao Junxin is a bit obsessive, right?”
“I just want to be selfish for once”
“If only I weren't so selfish.”