我这是在干什么 我不是人
“What am I doing? I'm not human.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我怎么能让他 死了以后还受这种罪
“How can I still let him suffer after his death?”
我这 是 在干什么 我不是人
“What am I doing? I'm not human.”
不测了
“I don't want to do the test.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Subjecting the body of a deceased relative to harm or indignity (like an autopsy or invasive tests) carries heavy moral and emotional taboo in traditional Chinese ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not a decent human being / a monster
A strong self-deprecating idiom used during intense feelings of moral failure or guilt.
what on earth am I doing
Commonly used rhetorically to express sudden shock or regret at one's own actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what on earth I am doing?”
“What's this for? What's this for?”
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing here? That should be my question for you.”
“Mr. Xie, what are you doing?”
“What are you doing?”