怎么狠得下来心呢
“be so heartless?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们怎么
“How could they”
怎么 狠得下来心 呢
“be so heartless?”
宝宝 宝宝我宝宝呢
“My baby, where's my baby?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often use '怎么狠得下心' to condemn actions that violate fundamental Confucian ethics of care and familial tenderness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to steel one's heart / to bring oneself to do something cruel
Frequently used in the negative or in rhetorical questions to criticize heartless behavior.
Deepens the rhetorical question and underscores disbelief and sorrow.