是我自作多情了
“I was just being sentimental.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是现在想起来
“But now I see.”
是我 自作多情 了
“I was just being sentimental.”
“You deliberately avoided me.”
“I was foolish to think you cared; you were simply trying to stay away from me.”
Admitting to 'zizuo duoqing' is a painful yet standard way to reclaim agency and emotional ground after realizing one's affection was unreciprocated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to flatter oneself with unrequited affection / to indulge in one-sided wishful thinking
A highly common four-character idiom used when realizing someone does not return one's romantic or emotional interest.
Indicates the realization of a completed past misunderstanding and the resulting current state of clarity.