我错了 我错了 我失去理智了
“Mr. Zheng, I was wrong! I lost my mind.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
书记
“Mr. Zheng, I was wrong!”
我错了 我错了 我 失去理智 了
“Mr. Zheng, I was wrong! I lost my mind.”
“I care too much about Binhai Road. Arrest just me, Mr. Zheng!”
“Please spare me; I acted out of passion, not malice.”
In Chinese administrative hierarchies, taking a humble, self-abasing posture and promptly admitting one's error is essential to defusing a superior's anger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I was wrong / my mistake
A direct admission of fault; repeating it signals urgent self-reproach and remorse.
to lose one's reason or temper
A set phrase used when admitting an impulsive, irrational, or emotionally uncontrolled action.
Marks the change of state into admitting the error and having lost self-control.