我就想尽办法要堵住它
“I've tried everything to plug it up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
它会漏风
“It lets the wind in.”
我 就想 尽 办法 要堵住它
“I've tried everything to plug it up.”
但花了很多年的时间
“But after many years,”
“I did everything humanly possible to conceal that pain.”
Wind leaking through cracks is often used in Chinese storytelling to symbolize creeping emotional loneliness or persistent family wounds.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to try every possible way; to exhaust all means
Use this collocation when describing strenuous efforts to solve a difficult problem.
to block up; to plug; to stop up
Can refer literally to sealing physical holes or metaphorically to stopping emotional leaks or rumors.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(he'll find ways to bridge that space)”
“I would've risked everything to stop her.”
“Then find a way to suppress it.”