我也不是
“It's not like I'm”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“going to marry me, I might as well marry Er Jiu.”
我也不是
“It's not like I'm”
“a successful woman like Lin Zhanqiao.”
“I'm just an ordinary person who has to settle; I can't afford to be high-minded.”
Chinese women who view themselves as ordinary often feel immense societal and familial pressure to compromise in marriage, unlike high-achieving elites who can afford complete independence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am not either / it's not like I am
Used to preface an explanation of why one cannot live up to an idealized standard or role model.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's not me, indeed.”
“No, that's not what I meant.”
“That's not what I meant.”
“I didn't mean to offend you.”
“That's not what I mean.”
“No!”