我本来也没想害死那个男孩
“I didn't mean to kill the boy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你接着说
“Go on.”
我 本来也没想 害死 那个 男孩
“I didn't mean to kill the boy.”
主要是那次回到魏阳
“It's just that when I came back to Weiyang,”
“It was an accident; I never intended for things to go that far.”
In both Chinese social morality and legal contexts, clearly demonstrating the absence of premeditated malice is crucial for leniency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never intended to in the first place
Used to mitigate fault by stressing that the negative outcome was never one's original intention.
cause someone's death / kill someone through one's actions
A resultative verb compound describing bringing about someone's death, often through harm or negligence.