我从来没有想过破坏他的婚姻
“I've never wanted to ruin his marriage.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你放心
“Don't worry.”
我 从来没有想过 破坏他的婚姻
“I've never wanted to ruin his marriage.”
他也知道我是这个想法
“He knows that.”
“Don't treat me like a home-wrecker; I never intended to take him away from you.”
In Chinese culture, interfering in a marriage carries profound social stigma and moral condemnation ('小三'), prompting individuals to fiercely deny premeditated malice to salvage personal integrity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never once / have never
Use this pattern to make an absolute, categorical denial about one's past actions or intentions.
to ruin or break up a marriage
A common idiom/collocation referring to acts of infidelity or being a third party in a relationship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but I've said I don't want to ruin his family.”
“Perhaps love doesn't exist in my marriage.”
“for disregarding our marital bond.”
“And I can't abandon my husband.”
“Although divorced, we didn't cut ties.”
“why did you sabotage such an ideal alliance back then?”