如果我哥不是因为放心不下我
“If he hadn't been worried about me,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've kept dreaming of when we were still in Qianzhou.”
如果 我哥 不是因为 放心不下 我
“If he hadn't been worried about me,”
他也不会来长安
“he wouldn't have come to Chang'an.”
“It is entirely my fault that my brother put himself in danger by coming here.”
In traditional Chinese culture, elder siblings bear a quasi-parental duty to protect and watch over younger siblings, often prioritizing family safety over personal ease.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to stop worrying about; anxious about
A common colloquial complement structure used to express persistent protective concern for loved ones.
if it were not for...
Use this structure to set up a causal conditional scenario when explaining the root motive of someone's action.