咱们情感上就不能雪上加霜了
“We shouldn't make it worse emotionally.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人家已经在经济上有损失了
“She's already suffered financially.”
咱们情感上 就不能 雪上加霜 了
“We shouldn't make it worse emotionally.”
如果一定要让别人
“If someone has to face”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese interpersonal ethics prioritize empathy (Renqing), discouraging actions that harm someone who is already suffering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to add insult to injury; to make matters worse
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used to describe compounding an already bad situation.
Signals change of situation or emphasizes the definitive boundary that must not be crossed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And no one can play with feelings.”
“Actually, we don't want to make things difficult for anyone.”
“But love just doesn't work that way.”
“nor can we be sentimental.”