听闻你茶饭不思
“I heard you were very worried.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是
“Yes.”
听闻 你 茶饭不思
“I heard you were very worried.”
本王特意前来看看你
“I purposely came to visit you.”
“I know you are deeply distressed or brooding, and I came to see what is going on with you.”
In traditional Chinese culture, emotional suffering and distress are frequently referenced through somatic signs such as losing appetite ('茶饭不思') rather than direct psychological terms.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having no appetite for tea or food due to distress or longing
A classic four-character idiom used to describe someone so troubled, lovesick, or grief-stricken that they cannot eat.
to hear of; to be informed that
A formal and literary alternative to '听说', commonly heard in costume dramas or elevated registers.