扎在心口的刺
“(that thorn piercing my heart)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
扎在心口的刺
“(that thorn piercing my heart)”
“This painful burden I have carried inside me for eighteen years...”
Chinese often conceptualizes psychological trauma or lingering regret as physical objects lodged in the heart, such as a thorn or a knot.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a thorn in one's heart (metaphor for deep emotional pain or unresolved trauma)
Use this poetic metaphor when describing a lingering regret, grudge, or sorrow that hurts whenever you think about it.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Seeing him is like a torture to me.”
“It has been eating at you.”
“I've had this hole in my heart.”
“Watching the buddies fall one by one is like stabbing a knife into your heart.”
“has been lodged in your heart like a thorn,”
“has naturally become a thorn in his side.”