我相信捅我不是她的本意
“I believe stabbing me wasn't her intention.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“She just got out of the mental hospital.”
我相信 捅我不是她的本意
“I believe stabbing me wasn't her intention.”
“She just mistook me for someone else at that moment.”
“Don't punish her; she wasn't in her right mind and didn't mean to hurt me personally.”
In Chinese interpersonal ethics, looking past wrongful behavior to find psychological or emotional justification often serves to reduce social friction and demonstrate benevolence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
original intention; true motive
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to excuse someone's negative outcome by clarifying their underlying motive was not bad.