我从来都没有想过要伤害你
“I never meant to hurt you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对不起
“I'm sorry.”
我 从来都没有想过要伤害你
“I never meant to hurt you.”
“Please don't think I am malicious; whatever happened was never intended to hurt you.”
In Chinese interpersonal conflict, stressing that one lacked bad intent (心是不坏的) is a standard strategy to solicit forgiveness and avoid being perceived as malicious.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have never ever
An emphatic negation used to strongly deny an action or intention across all past time.
hurt you
Commonly used in interpersonal and romantic contexts to refer to emotional injury.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never intended to hurt you at all.”
“I didn't mean to harm you. I didn't know you were Princess Ding.”
“I never had any intention of harming you.”
“I never had any intention of harming you.”