怕是会引来祸端
“I feared it would bring disaster.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If I had told you who I was back then,”
怕是 会引来祸端
“I feared it would bring disaster.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Concealing one's true identity to avert catastrophe reflects the traditional survival strategy of self-preservation in volatile political or court environments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am afraid that; most likely
An elegant, slightly formal epistemic hedge used to express cautious conjecture about negative outcomes.
bring about calamity; invite disaster
A high-register, literary idiom commonly used when discussing political or life-threatening fallout.