认为你对我别有居心
“thinking you had ulterior motives.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可我之前还猜忌过你
“but I was once suspicious of you,”
认为你对我 别有居心
“thinking you had ulterior motives.”
对你发脾气
“And I lost my temper with you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese relationships often deepen when an emotionally guarded person drops their defense and explicitly admits prior unfair suspicions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to harbor ulterior motives
A formal idiom used to describe hidden, usually malicious or self-serving intentions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I fear he harbors mischief and means ill.”
“You're also scheming.”
“It was someone with an agenda.”
“just a calculated move?”
“I knew it. You had an ulterior motive.”