我并没有 瞧不起你的意思
“I didn't mean to look down upon you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对不起
“Sorry.”
我 并没有 瞧不起 你的 意思
“I didn't mean to look down upon you.”
“After all, you run a noodles restaurant,”
“Please don't take offense, even though my words sounded snobbish, I didn't mean to embarrass you openly.”
Explicitly denying 'looking down on someone' is an urgent attempt to preserve the listener's face while mitigating social friction caused by classist bias.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon; to despise
Commonly used in interpersonal disputes involving social status, pride, or respect.
really do not mean to...; have no intention of...
A polite defensive formula used to deny unintended offensive implications.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ The stars flow across the sky, and I walk this road with you ♪ You can't look down on me!”
“You looked down on me.”
“I know you look down on me.”
“I cannot see you”
“But you seem really tired.”
“I know you look down on me.”