我爱上的根本就不是一个人
“what I fell in love with wasn't even a person!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I am indeed heartbroken, but that's because I finally saw clearly that”
我 爱上 的 根本就不是一个人
“what I fell in love with wasn't even a person!”
“He's a devil. He's a beast!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Saying someone 'is not a person' (不是人) in Chinese is an extreme moral condemnation signifying they completely lack basic human decency or conscience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not at all; simply not
A strong negative collocation used to emphasize complete falsehood or absolute denial.
to fall in love with
Denotes the inchoative aspect of falling in love with someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So much that I don't even wanna be with you.”
“When we love someone,”
“is that we fell in love with someone who was not worth it.”
“for me wasn't some unique love.”
“fell in love without holding anything back.”
“who doesn't understand love!”