但是我也不会帮你 滚蛋
“but I won't help you either. Get out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不会出卖你
“I will not betray you,”
但是 我也不会 帮你 滚蛋
“but I won't help you either. Get out.”
田先生就住那屋吧 这个宅子真大
“Mr. Tian lives in that room, right? This house is really big.”
“Do not mistake my silence for sympathy; leave me alone immediately.”
In Chinese social interaction, refusing to betray someone does not imply befriending them; drawing a hard line prevents unwanted entanglement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
get lost; beat it; get the hell out
A very rude and aggressive dismissal used to tell someone to leave in anger.
won't either; will also not
Used to negate an action emphatically while drawing a parallel to another negative stance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't help you a second time.”
“I'm not sure I can help.”
“Mr. Zheng, I want to help,”
“But I... I want to help you, but I don't have any money.”
“I want to help, but I can't.”
“I-It's not that I don't want to help you.”