我曾经也有一个 应该忘 却忘不掉的人
“There was once someone I should have forgotten, but couldn't.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那就把他写下来
“write his name down.”
我曾经 也有 一个 应该忘 却 忘不掉 的人
“There was once someone I should have forgotten, but couldn't.”
最痛苦的时候
“At my worst,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Sharing one's own unresolved past heartache is a common Chinese conversational strategy to offer comfort and show genuine solidarity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
once also had
A classic opening to share a personal past experience that relates to someone else's current situation.
unable to forget
A potential complement expressing the inability to erase someone or something from memory.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Shouldn't you have forgotten me too?”
“Shouldn't you have forgotten me too?”
“What can be forgotten is forgotten.”
“Have you forgotten me too?”
“Have you forgotten me too?”
“the look in her eyes back then.”