午夜梦回之时
“In the dead of night,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说的那些话
“when you left here.”
午夜梦回之时
“In the dead of night,”
阿爹总是反复想起
“it has haunted me all this time.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often adopt literary four-character phrasing to elevate emotional gravity and express deep sorrow with dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the dead of night when waking from dreams
A literary idiom used to introduce deep, lingering emotional regret or haunting memories.