害了你整整15年
“My question cost you 15 years of your life,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就因为我的一个问题
“My question cost you 15 years of your life,”
害了你 整整 15年
“My question cost you 15 years of your life,”
“but I don't even remember anything.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Deep emotional debt and guilt towards someone whose life was derailed by one's actions carries profound moral gravity in Chinese social ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a whole / a full (period of time)
Placed directly before numbers or duration words to emphasize how long and agonizing the span was.
ruined you / brought harm upon you
Conveys heavy personal moral culpability for someone else's misfortune or ruined prospects.