我听他的真是脑子抽了
“I was out of my mind to listen to him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今天都是李外出的主意
“Today was all Li Wai's idea.”
我 听 他 的 真是 脑子抽了
“I was out of my mind to listen to him.”
你骂我吧
“Go ahead and scold me.”
“I know I messed up by trusting him, so please don't be too hard on me.”
Harshly criticizing oneself before others can speak serves as a pragmatic shield in Chinese interactions to reduce blame and elicit forgiveness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
lost one's mind; suffered a momentary lapse in sanity
A highly informal, self-deprecating idiom used to explain foolish or irrational decisions after the fact.
listened to him; took his advice
Common collocation used when attributing the origin of a plan or decision to someone else.
Indicates the completion of an action that resulted in an undesirable state of mind.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have to listen to him. Is that how it is?”
“But my brain just won't cooperate. Do you understand?”
“I didn't wanna hear it, really.”
“Tell him he's absolutely brilliant.”
“I know he understood. He took my words to heart.”
“If he has really lost his mind, I'll fix him.”