你们俩也不会走到今天这一步
“you two wouldn't be in this situation.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当年要不是因为我
“If it weren't for me back then,”
你们俩 也不会 走到今天这一步
“you two wouldn't be in this situation.”
“I can't let you sacrifice yourselves for me anymore.”
“I ruined your lives, and I can't live with the guilt anymore.”
In Chinese relational ethics, feeling that others sacrificed their happiness or safety on your behalf creates an unbearable burden of emotional and moral debt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to end up in such a terrible state today; to reach this current impasse
A very common set expression used to describe reaching an unfortunate, irreversible situation.
would not have either
Used in counterfactual conditionals to express regret about an alternative outcome.