你伤了平殊的心
“you hurt Pingshu's heart,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可后来我才知道
“But later, I realized”
你伤了平殊的心
“you hurt Pingshu's heart,”
她才会跟你退婚
“so she canceled the betrothal.”
“You have no one to blame but yourself for losing her.”
In traditional Chinese society, calling off an engagement was a severe social blow that damaged family honor, usually only done after an unforgivable betrayal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break someone's heart / to deeply hurt someone's feelings
A separable verb phrase; insert the person's name or pronoun between the verb+particle and the object 'heart'.
Indicates the completed action of hurting someone's feelings, establishing it as the direct cause for what follows in the next turn.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Pingshu even saved your life.”
“you can't blame Pingshu for this.”
“You broke her heart completely.”
“I am heartbroken.”
“really breaks my heart.”
“You killed Pingshu's best friends,”