我根本没有想过杀他
“I never wanted to kill him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以你决定杀了他
“So you decided to kill him.”
我 根本没有想过 杀他
“I never wanted to kill him.”
昨晚
“Last night,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese legal mindset and interpersonal conflict resolution, clarifying that an act was never even contemplated is key to disproving malicious intent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not at all / never ever
An emphatic negative pattern used to deny an allegation, thought, or occurrence from the root.
have considered / have ever thought of
Expresses experiential action regarding mental planning or intention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never intended to kill anyone.”
“I didn't mean to kill the boy.”
“I never wanted to kill anyone.”