我知道这样做对小薇不公平
“I know this isn't fair to Xiaowei.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是你是小薇的男朋友啊
“But you're Xiaowei's boyfriend.”
我知道 这样 做 对小薇不公平
“I know this isn't fair to Xiaowei.”
但
“But…”
“I know I am doing something wrong, but I feel I have no other choice.”
Admitting moral fallibility in Chinese dialogue is frequently employed to disarm moral criticism right before offering a counterargument with 'but'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unfair to someone
A standard construction used to express moral imbalance or unequal treatment toward a specific individual.
doing this / acting this way
Demonstrative phrase referring back to an action or plan that was previously mentioned.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's not fair to me.”
“It's so unfair for a wish to come true.”
“So this isn't fair at all.”
“I think this isn't fair.”
“Wait, what? That's not fair!”
“it's unfair to Jiu.”