你这不是在为难周诚 是在为难我
“You're not making things hard for Zhou Cheng— you're making things hard for me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
够了 别再说了
“Enough. Stop it.”
你 这不是 在 为难 周诚 是 在 为难我
“You're not making things hard for Zhou Cheng— you're making things hard for me!”
我有那么差吗
“Am I really that unworthy?”
“If you attack him, the person you are actually hurting and humiliating is me.”
Attacking someone's partner or associate is culturally perceived as a direct strike against the person standing between them, causing loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make things difficult for someone; to put someone on the spot
An essential spoken collocation used whenever someone's demands or words create an uncomfortable dilemma.
this is not... but rather...
A framing pattern used to clarify the true nature or victim of an action in an argument.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm not fighting with Zhou Cheng, but myself.”
“Are you fighting with Zhou Cheng?”
“Thank you, Zhou Cheng, for pulling me out of this chaos.”
“♪ Wipe away the glistening tears in your eyes ♪ No. I came back with Zhou Cheng.”
“perhaps the story between her and Zhou Cheng would have turned out differently.”
“Isn't Zhou Cheng supposed to be a top law student?”