只好替你做一回恶人
“So let me handle the part”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I had no worthy means of repayment.”
只好 替你 做一回恶人
“So let me handle the part”
“you couldn't bring yourself to do.”
“You are too gentle to discipline him, so I will gladly take the blame and be the bad guy for your sake.”
In Chinese familial pedagogy, one party often willingly acts stern or punitive (the villain) so the other can maintain harmony and benevolence with the child.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play the bad guy; to be the villain
Used when taking on an unpopular or harsh role for the greater good of others.
to have no choice but to; might as well
Indicates settling on the only viable course of action, often with a sense of reluctant duty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've completely become the bad woman.”
“something terrible for you, are you?”
“who could die in your place anytime?”
“just because he's young?”
“just because he's young?”
“find you a match as well.”