我只是想不通
“I just can't figure it out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一定会治好你的病的
“will definitely cure your illness.”
我 只是 想不通
“I just can't figure it out.”
什么
“Figure out what?”
“My real problem isn't the physical illness, it's something that is eating away at my mind.”
In Chinese culture, internal knotting of thoughts (想不通) is often seen as the spiritual or psychological root that complicates physical ailments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just / merely / only
Used to soften a statement or steer the topic toward what truly matters to the speaker.
cannot understand / cannot figure out / unable to reconcile
A very frequent spoken resultative complement structure indicating mental blockage or emotional inability to accept something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's something I just can't figure out,”
“But I don't understand one thing.”
“I couldn't understand”
“That's what I can't figure out.”