你心里一直有这个结
“It has been eating at you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Zhu, I know you've wanted to solve this case for years.”
你 心里一直有这个结
“It has been eating at you.”
那这么多年
“Qianqian and I never stopped you all these years.”
“You have never let this case go, and it is eating you up inside.”
Chinese psychology often frames persistent emotional grievances or unresolved burdens as 'knots in the heart' that require untying.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to constantly keep in one's heart; to be continually preoccupied with
Used to describe an enduring inner thought, burden, or emotional concern.
to have a knot in one's heart; to have an unresolved emotional hang-up
Metaphorical idiom expressing emotional blockage, resentment, or lingering obsession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(that thorn piercing my heart)”
“a question that has long lingered in my heart”
“This is a major emotional burden for her.”
“(All these years, I've had a knot in my heart.)”
“You've been so preoccupied lately.”