这事憋我心里憋很久了
“It's been on my mind for a while now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想起一事
“I just thought of something.”
这事憋我 心里 憋很久 了
“It's been on my mind for a while now.”
干吗还憋着呀 你说
“Why keep it to yourself? Tell me.”
“I've been agonizing over this in silence, so please take what I'm about to say seriously.”
Chinese culture frequently encourages emotional restraint; thus, openly admitting that one has 'bottled up' a thought signifies reaching an emotional threshold that demands release.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to bottle up inside one's heart / to suppress feelings
A vivid expression used when withholding distressing thoughts or unspoken confessions for a long time.
for a very long time
Placed after a verb phrase to indicate the prolonged duration of a psychological state or action.
Indicates a change of state or marks the duration accumulating up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“actually, there's something I've been holding in for a long time.”
“Actually, I've held a lot inside for years.”
“I'd been pent up for days.”