本来我是打算一走了之的
“I was planning to just leave.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
简蕾蕾自杀以后
“After Jian Leilei committed suicide,”
本来 我是 打算 一走了之 的
“I was planning to just leave.”
“But I listened to Yu Kexin, that wretched woman, and played along with her.”
“I was going to wash my hands of this whole mess, so do not blame it all on me.”
When facing discovery in conflicts, speakers often recount their initial non-malicious intentions to shift the primary moral burden onto accomplices.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to wash one's hands of a matter by leaving
A very useful set four-character idiom describing someone who evades trouble, responsibility, or conflict simply by departing.
originally I had intended to
A standard spoken pattern for introducing an aborted plan or justifying a subsequent change of action.
Affirms the reality and certainty of the speaker's original past intention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I even thought of ending my own life,”
“I thought I could keep on living with you”
“to celebrate her birthday at home.”
“I was going to turn back!”
“I used to think I was the chosen one,”
“Their original plan was to take me to a hotel”
“I originally planned to leave the hotel right away.”
“Before, I wanted to leave this place, but couldn't.”