你是一个自私自利的人
“that you're a selfish person.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实我一直都知道
“Actually, I've always known”
你是 一个 自私自利 的人
“that you're a selfish person.”
你说你胃不好
“You said you had stomach problems,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese interpersonal communication heavily favors indirect critique; directly branding someone '自私自利' marks a severe emotional rupture and a breakdown of face-maintaining decorum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
totally selfish; self-seeking
A strong four-character idiom (chengyu) that denotes prioritizing one's own desires at the complete expense of others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No, why are you so selfish?”
“Selfish. Let's see how well you do.”
“you're just selfish, and you only care about yourself.”
“I'm still this selfish.”
“You're a fucking selfish, manipulative bitch,”
“I was too selfish.”
“Maybe I'm just a selfish man at heart”
“How can you be so selfish?”
“You are selfish, cruel,”
“You are selfish and self-conceited.”
“What a selfish and cold-hearted”
“Sometimes, I feel like I'm too selfish.”
“is a highly polished, self-serving man.”
“I hope you can be selfish.”
“He's just a selfish, greedy fool.”
“I know this is very selfish,”
“you can also see it as selfishness.”
“I just want to be selfish for once”