不是这样子的 不是这样子的
“That's not how it is. That's not how it is.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
长痛不如短痛
“Better a short pain than a long one.”
不是这样子的 不是这样子的
“That's not how it is. That's not how it is.”
“How did it come to this? We can talk this through.”
“Please stop saying this; I cannot accept that we are really over.”
Repeating short, emphatic negative phrases is a characteristic conversational device in Chinese melodrama and daily life to convey sheer disbelief and emotional breakdown.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
like this; this way
A colloquial variant of '这样' with nominalizing '子' and '的', often used in spoken emotional exchanges.
Affirms the speaker's emotional conviction and interpretation of reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It shouldn't be like this. It shouldn't be like this.”
“That's not true. That's not true.”
“Of course not. Did I say that?”
“That's not true.”