是 你确实对我有过再造之恩
“Yes, you did give me a new life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你现在知道后悔了
“Now you regret it?”
是 你 确实 对我有过 再造之恩
“Yes, you did give me a new life.”
不过你别忘了
“But don't forget.”
“I admit I owe you from the past, but that doesn't excuse what you've done since.”
In Confucian relational ethics, an enormous benefactor's favor (再造之恩) must be acknowledged even when breaking ties, otherwise one risks being condemned as thoroughly ungrateful (忘恩负义).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a debt of gratitude for remaking someone's life or saving them
A heavy, classical four-character idiom reserved for monumental acts of salvation, mentorship, or career rescue.
indeed; truly
Used here strategically to make an unequivocal concession before introducing a counterargument with '不过'.