他 他劈腿了
“He cheated?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在分了就行了
“I'll just dump him.”
他 他 劈腿 了
“He cheated?”
他还劈腿了
“He actually cheated?”
“You don't understand how awful it is—it wasn't just a breakup, he betrayed me.”
Infidelity ('two-timing') is strongly stigmatized in Chinese social circles, making the admission of being cheated on a deeply vulnerable and emotionally heavy moment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to two-time; to cheat on one's romantic partner
A highly common colloquial term in modern Chinese for romantic infidelity.
Marks the completion of an action or signals a newly emerged, shocking factual change.