我是怕你们累倒了 会给别人添麻烦
“others to be inconvenienced if you collapse from exhaustion.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
三番两次替我们出头啊 我可不是为了你们
“standing up for us time and again lately? I'm not doing it for you. I just don't want”
我是 怕你 们累倒了 会给别人 添麻烦
“others to be inconvenienced if you collapse from exhaustion.”
多睡会儿吧
“Get some sleep.”
“I care about you and don't want you collapsing, but I'm too proud to say it out loud.”
To avoid overt emotional vulnerability, speakers often disguise affectionate concern as a practical desire to avoid communal trouble (添麻烦).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
collapse from exhaustion / break down from fatigue
Commonly used to describe someone overworking to the point of severe physical collapse or illness.
cause trouble / inconvenience someone
A core polite phrase in social interactions, often used to avoid imposing on others or making a scene.
Indicates a hypothetical completed condition or resulting state of collapse.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the two of us are almost exhausted!”
“You're not slaving away for me.”
“Everyone must be exhausted.”
“I feel exhausted for both of you!”
“If you collapse, you'll just cause more trouble for everyone. I'm fine.”
“I'm afraid that it would affect you. You've already affected me. I'm tired.”