你被他蒙在鼓里 有情绪
“You were kept in the dark by him. Being upset”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My father and I still harbor quite a bit of resentment.”
你被他 蒙在鼓里 有情绪
“You were kept in the dark by him. Being upset”
是人之常情
“is only natural.”
“I completely understand why you're upset; you were deceived and had every right to be mad.”
Validating emotional hurt by calling it understandable or human nature is a common Chinese communicative strategy to de-escalate interpersonal blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
kept in the dark / kept ignorant of the truth
A widely used idiom to describe being deceived or deliberately excluded from vital information.
to have bad feelings / to harbor resentment
Euphemistic spoken phrasing to describe someone being displeased, moody, or resentful.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'd still be kept in the dark,”
“I was the only one kept in the dark.”
“We were kept in ignorance.”
“Yet, you still choose to keep me in the dark.”
“You're still in the dark?”
“Even I was deceived by him.”