你又何必执着？
“why cling to it?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
既然不想让她想起
“If you don't want her to remember,”
你 又何必 执着？
“why cling to it?”
她可以忘
“She might forget.”
“Holding on is only torturing you; let it go already.”
Derived from Buddhist philosophy, '执着' refers to clinging to earthly illusions or desires, which is viewed in traditional Chinese philosophy as the primary root of human suffering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why bother; there is really no need to
A rhetorical phrase used to advise someone against continuing an unnecessary or self-destructive course of action.
obsessed, obstinately persistent
Can have a positive connotation (dedicated) or negative connotation (blindly clinging to something).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why do you insist?”
“why do you refuse to give it up?”
“We're both pawns. Let's not apologize for that.”
“So why hold a grudge?”
“"Why do that?" "Why bother?" "Why is that?"”