你说你无心
“You said you didn't mean it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你现在推给命运
“Now you're just blaming it on fate.”
你说你无心
“You said you didn't mean it.”
“But if you'd never thought about it,”
“Don't pretend you didn't mean to do this.”
Chinese interpersonal disputes frequently center on debating 'youxin' (calculated) versus 'wuxin' (unintentional) behavior to assign moral culpability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unintentional; without ill intent
Often used in arguments and apologies to distinguish accidental offense from deliberate malice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't mean it!”
“That's because you didn't look carefully.”
“(Chapter 236: Trouble from Su) and don't want to discuss it further, that itself is a problem.”
“And he wouldn't bother clarifying exactly how many he really took,”
“that you didn't pay much attention to such a small matter. Besides,”
“Look at your habit of not being honest with what you really want.”