我只是一个老实巴交的商人
“I'm just an honest businessman.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“any good or bad outcomes won't have anything to do with me.”
我只是一个 老实巴交 的商人
“I'm just an honest businessman.”
轻点
“Not so hard!”
“Do not hurt me, I am just an innocent bystander who had no bad intentions!”
Depicting oneself as harmless, simple, and weak is a classic defensive strategy in Chinese dispute resolution to reduce an opponent's hostility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simple, honest, and docile; naive
A colloquial descriptor indicating someone who is unsophisticated, timid, and unlikely to commit wrongdoing.
has nothing to do with me
A standard phrase for disclaiming responsibility or denying involvement in an affair.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I just want to be a businessman.”
“But I'm just a businessman.”
“he's indeed a clear-headed, decisive businessman.”
“I'm a very decent woman.”
“We did our small business”