也只是一个狭隘
“were nothing but narrow, shallow,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而你这位仙女
“And you, the fairy,”
也只是一个狭隘
“were nothing but narrow, shallow,”
肤浅
“were nothing but narrow, shallow,”
“Stop pretending to be an ethereal, saintly figure—you are just as petty and biased as anyone else.”
Pitting the sublime archetype of an immortal maiden (xiannv) against petty vices like narrow-mindedness strips away unearned moral authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
narrow-minded; petty
A strong formal adjective to criticize someone's lack of broad vision, generosity, or tolerance.
are also merely; nothing more than
Employed to deflate pretension and reduce someone to an ordinary or inferior status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“can love become narrow?”
“Calling it "like" would be too limiting.”
“No. You were right. How could that be narrow-minded?”
“but her monthly stipend was still barely enough.”
“I couldn't have done anything”
“You are merely all show and no substance.”