是他的错
“It was his fault.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Don't talk about yourself like that.”
是他的错
“It was his fault.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In close Chinese relationships, reassuring an emotionally devastated person often involves vehemently placing the fault on an external party to alleviate their immediate self-blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is his fault
A direct and definitive way to assign responsibility or guilt to an absent male party.