你说此物是真
“You claim this is real,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只有本相
“was me.”
你说 此物是真
“You claim this is real,”
“You can claim it is authentic all you want, but I know you cannot prove it.”
Stating an opponent's premise aloud before dismantling it with a rhetorical counter-question is a classic rhetorical technique in Chinese courtroom and political debates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this item / this object
A classical, formal demonstrative phrase frequently heard in historical dramas instead of the colloquial equivalent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This is the real item.”
“Can you tell us if it's real?”
“These are all genuine”
“that means fake goods, right?”
“They can't all be fake, huh? But...”
“So we don't know if it was true.”