我就是活该
“I'm just cheap.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我还帮你唱歌
“I sang for you.”
我 就是 活该
“I'm just cheap.”
我郝倩倩离了你们
“I'm better off”
“I was an idiot to ever help you; you completely took advantage of me.”
Saying 'I brought this upon myself' in Chinese arguments is often an indirect way to shame the other party for being ungrateful and untrustworthy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
serve someone right / to deserve bad luck
Commonly used to mock someone's deserved misfortune, or reflexively to express bitter self-reproach for being naive.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I deserve it. I deserve it!”
“If you ask me, he got what he deserved! Should've been worse!”
“- [Terry] Why'd you say you deserve it? - [Young Lyle] We were shites.”