那么不想见他 是怕赢不了他吧
“You don't want to see him that badly— you're afraid you can't beat him, aren't you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Finally, there's someone who can keep you in check.”
那么 不想见 他 是 怕 赢不了 他 吧
“You don't want to see him that badly— you're afraid you can't beat him, aren't you?”
怎么 你想靠他对付我 替自己出口气
“What? You want to use him against me to get some payback?”
“Admit it, you are terrified of losing to him.”
In Chinese social interaction, questioning someone's capability directly damages their 'face' (mianzi), deliberately baiting them into a defensive reaction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot defeat; unable to beat
A common potential complement indicating inability to triumph over an opponent.
Softens the rhetorical question into a presumptuous guess designed to bait the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The more you don't want to see him, the more he appears.”
“Anyway, I don't feel like seeing him for the next few days.”
“I was afraid he would refuse and ruin everything.”
“I don't even dare to face him now. I'm afraid he'll ask when I'm going out.”
“If you don’t want to see me,”
“I can't face him. How am I supposed to?”