为什么这么说? 你从不安慰人
“Why do you say that? You never comfort anyone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别灰心
“Don't lose heart.”
为什么 这么说 ? 你 从不安慰人
“Why do you say that? You never comfort anyone.”
“Lou Chuo is beyond saving, yet you comforted him.”
“You never give empty comfort, so why lie to me now?”
In high-stakes Chinese interpersonal dynamics, pragmatic realists distrust sudden verbal comfort ('安慰'), viewing it as a sign of concealed doom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why do you say that; what makes you say that
Standard conversational chunk used to challenge or question the reasoning behind someone's statement.
never; never ever
A strong negative adverb emphasizing habitual non-occurrence, equivalent to 'never'.