我肠子都悔青了
“for the past 20 years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这二十多年
“I've regretted it to the core”
我 肠子都悔青了
“for the past 20 years.”
何小菊
“He Xiaoju,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese frequently uses bodily organs like intestines (肠) or gallbladder (胆) to convey extreme, visceral emotional experiences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
regretting something to the extreme; filled with bitter remorse
A highly idiomatic and vivid colloquial phrase used when someone desperately wishes they could undo a mistake.
Marks the completed transition into an intense state of regret.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“its intestines fell out all over the place.”
“are just a bunch of rookies anyway. Even Yi Qing'e”
“of constantly worrying about someone?”
“Li Qing is gone. I feel worse than you.”
“You've put your stomach through the wringer, haven't you?”
“Every time you go out on a business trip, your belly gets upset.”