可他却生了逃跑之心
“But he intended to flee.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可他
“But he...”
可他却生了 逃跑之心
“But he intended to flee.”
草民无奈 只好一路追赶 以致墨业众人一时看错
“I had no choice but to chase him all the way. This led to a misunderstanding”
“I only pursued him because he tried to escape first; it was not my fault.”
In Chinese legal rhetoric, framing one's rash action as a purely reactive consequence of another's wrongdoing is a standard method to mitigate guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to develop the intent to run away
A literary and formal construction meaning 'to harbor thoughts of fleeing'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yet he was branded a thief.”
“But for my sake,”
“But this man doesn't even have the confidence to sit for the spring exams.”
“But he showed no remorse”
“But he's always cautious.”
“But he won't hear of any fuss and I dare not press the matter.”