跑步的时候我就不会想到那些事情
“I don't think about those things when I run.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跑步吧
“Running.”
跑步的时候我就不会想到那些事情
“I don't think about those things when I run.”
“Running is the only way I can silence the pain in my head.”
Chinese speakers often use vague demonstrative phrases like 'those things' to hint at personal grief or emotional wounds without putting the burden of excessive detail onto the listener.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to think of; to bring to mind
Commonly used with mental triggers or distressing memories.
those things; those matters
A deliberate euphemistic placeholder used in spoken Chinese to refer to unspoken troubles or traumatic events without explicitly naming them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So eager to leave work.”
“I didn't expect you to be a morning runner.”
“Why'd you go running without eating?”
“I really can't run anymore!”
“a long-distance race.”
“you rarely visited her!”