最开始我是利用你
“At the beginning, I used you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
最开始 我是 利用你
“At the beginning, I used you.”
但是我照顾你这么长时间 我算是尽心尽力吧
“But I've taken care of you all this time. I did my best.”
“I admit I started with bad intentions, but hear me out before you judge everything I've done since.”
In Chinese interpersonal conflict resolution, admitting an indisputable fault first can disarm the interlocutor's anger before shifting focus to sincere efforts made later.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at the very beginning / initially
A natural spoken phrase used to frame the earliest stage of an event, often when contrasting it with current reality.
to use / to exploit someone
Commonly used in interpersonal contexts to denote exploiting someone's trust or vulnerability for personal gain.