不想给你添麻烦
“Didn't want to trouble you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Didn't tell you in advance because I didn't want you to worry.”
不想给 你 添麻烦
“Didn't want to trouble you.”
江一帆是江一帆
“Jiang Yifan is Jiang Yifan.”
“I only kept this from you because I care about your peace of mind.”
In Chinese relationships, showing care often involves concealing one's own difficulties to spare loved ones worry or operational inconvenience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause trouble; to burden someone
A common social formula used when apologizing or politely refusing help to avoid inconveniencing others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't want to burden everyone else.”
“should try their best not to become a burden to others.”
“Thank you. No problem.”
“Let's not trouble the other department.”
“not some troublemakers.”
“or ourselves.”
“I don't want to keep bothering you.”
“is not to make any troubles for him.”
“I should try not to make more troubles for our son,”
“I definitely won't cause you any trouble.”
“I didn't want to make you worry.”
“the less I should trouble her.”
“I don't want to cause you more trouble.”
“I won't cause you any trouble.”
“Thank you very much. You're welcome.”
“Thank you. You're welcome.”
“Let's not cause him trouble.”
“I promise not to cause you trouble.”
“and end up causing unnecessary trouble for all of you.”
“a trouble I'm not willing to get rid of.”
“and has saved you much trouble. I don't mind trouble.”
“Zhu, I'm not trying to cause trouble.”
“I won't cause you any trouble.”