我枉做小人哪
“I acted like a villain for nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
已被株连九族
“would have been wiped out completely.”
我枉 做小 人哪
“I acted like a villain for nothing.”
老夫十七年前
“Seventeen years ago,”
“I stooped so low and compromised my morals, and for what? Total disaster!”
In Confucian ethics, 'xiaoren' represents the petty, unprincipled person; admitting to having acted like one reflects total spiritual and political defeat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to act as a petty villain in vain; to compromise morals for nothing
An idiomatic historical expression used when unscrupulous acts or underhanded compromises fail to achieve their intended goal.
Carries an exclamatory tone of tragic despair and profound lamentation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you said it was deceit.”
“Why make things difficult for a nobody like me?”
“you still think it's deceit.”
“I had no choice.”
“every single day. I couldn't bear the humiliation anymore...”
“I'll let bygones be bygones”