不过是为了一个白眼狼
“I've stayed up several nights”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你怎么了
“What's wrong?”
不过是为了一个白眼狼
“I've stayed up several nights”
守了好几晚
“for an ingrate.”
“I wasted my devotion on someone totally undeserving, and it hurts.”
In Chinese culture, failing to reciprocate loyalty or care violates fundamental Confucian values of filial piety and reciprocity, making being called a 'white-eyed wolf' particularly stinging.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nothing more than; merely
Use this structure to downplay or dismiss the significance of something or someone.
an ungrateful person; ingrate
A vivid idiomatic insult applied to someone who repays kindness with treachery.
Functions as a marker denoting realization of a completed situation or state change in this emotional context.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We are both ungrateful.”
“For a carefree and happy life, of course.”
“just want a bite to eat,”
“Aside from keeping this ingrate,”
“it's just sacrificing others' lives”
“bloody battles for?”