我是正经人 我绝对没打过羊
“I'm a decent person. I have absolutely never hunted antelopes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你阿妈误会我了
“Your mom got the wrong idea about me.”
我是 正经人 我 绝对 没打过羊
“I'm a decent person. I have absolutely never hunted antelopes.”
我发誓
“I swear.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling oneself a 'zhengjing ren' invokes moral uprightness to immediately repel dishonorable rumors or criminal accusations in close-knit communities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
respectable/decent person
Employed to defend one's baseline morality against suspicion of illicit, vulgar, or criminal acts.
absolutely did not
An emphatic negative phrase used to assert innocence with full conviction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Can you be serious? Get to the point.”
“I'm far too upright. I don't like debauched places bustling with singsong girls.”
“Stop messing around. I'm only hesitating because”
“You really think yourself a decent woman.”
“You've been playful for half your life. What serious thing could you have?”
“Quit joking around now.”