全都是拜他一手所赐
“is entirely thanks to him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我有今日
“Everything I am today”
全都是拜他一手所赐
“is entirely thanks to him.”
“He completely ruined my life, and I will never forgive him.”
The term '拜...所赐' literally means receiving a generous gift, but in dramatic Chinese narratives, it is almost exclusively used with intense irony to attribute betrayal or suffering to an enemy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
entirely thanks to his doing / all his handiwork (used sarcastically)
Use this sarcastic expression to blame someone entirely for a negative outcome or tragedy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“was due to Li Jingfu!”
“Thanks to you.”
“Thanks to you, I've tasted all of that, over and over again.”