我不是为你好 我是为了我自己好
“I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for myself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不是 为你好 我是 为了我自己好
“I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for myself.”
“I want to marry a man I love.”
“Don't guilt-trip me with moral credit; I am choosing what I want for my own life.”
Saying 'I do this for your own good' is a standard way to impose emotional obligation in Chinese families; explicitly rejecting this framing is a radical assertion of individual boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for your own good / for your sake
A ubiquitous cultural phrase used by parents or close partners to justify unsolicited pressure or control.
for my own good / for my own benefit
Used to assert personal agency and counter manipulative altruism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Aren't I doing this for your own good? For my good?”
“I mean well. My dad isn't any good man. He'll destroy you.”
“I know you mean well, but don't try to persuade me anymore.”
“I know you mean well for me.”
“I do this for your own good. Thanks. I really don't need.”
“I'm doing this for your own good.”