犯下这滔天大错
“and committed such a terrible crime.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么就迷了心了
“he suddenly lost his way”
犯下这 滔天大错
“and committed such a terrible crime.”
我去了他家
“I visited his residence.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese moral discourse, catastrophic errors are often framed through grand metaphors of natural devastation like floodwaters rising to the sky ('taotian').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a monumental mistake; a heinous blunder
Use this literary idiom when describing catastrophic errors with irreversible consequences.
to commit (a crime or error)
Commonly collocated with negative nouns such as mistakes, crimes, or sins.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've made a terrible mistake”
“I've made a terrible mistake”
“His crime is unforgivable!”
“A giant cock-up.”
“he has committed such a terrible disaster. No matter how Your Excellency punishes him,”