我本不想把这个给你们的
“I didn't want to give this to you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别 别听她胡说
“D-Don't listen to her nonsense.”
我 本不想 把这个 给你 们的
“I didn't want to give this to you,”
但 事到如今
“but at this point...”
“Don't blame me for exposing this; the situation forced my hand.”
In Chinese interpersonal conflicts, prefacing a damaging revelation with reluctance helps the speaker appear benevolent and forced by circumstance rather than malicious.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally did not want to
Used to preface an action you are taking against your initial wishes, often to soften blame or show reluctance.
to give this to you all
A standard disposal structure using 'ba' to emphasize what is being handed over to the recipient.
Part of an implicit emphatic structure that reinforces certainty about the speaker's past intention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't mean to hide it from you.”
“I didn't want this either.”
“So you just don't want to give me one.”
“Am I just unwilling to share it with you?”
“I don't want to cause you more trouble.”
“If I don't want to, shouldn't they just give me”