我这叫为民除害好吗
“I was doing society a favor, okay?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“which one of them was acting like a decent human being?”
我这叫 为民除害 好吗
“I was doing society a favor, okay?”
“You... Wait. I was helping you.”
“Don't lecture me, I did everyone a favor by putting them in their place.”
Chinese speakers often invoke grandiose moral idioms like 'ridding evil for the people' in casual arguments to create a humorous contrast and playfully defend questionable behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rid the people of an evil; do a public service by eliminating a pest
A traditional idiom frequently used in colloquial speech with ironic exaggeration to justify dealing with an annoying person.
what I am doing is called...
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to redefine one's action and refute another person's accusation.
Functions in '好吗' as a rhetorical prompt to demand the listener's concession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I would've eliminated him for the people.”
“It's good to get rid of the evildoers.”
“You helped our hotel get rid of a pest.”
“I will rid the country of evil men like you.”
“[Wanted] [Notice] He is truly ridding the people of evil.”