荒谬又可怕的噩梦
“some absurd, terrifying nightmare.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好似陷入了一场
“it feels like I've fallen into”
荒谬又可怕的噩梦
“some absurd, terrifying nightmare.”
我何尝不想
“I wanted”
“Everything happening is so monstrous that I can barely believe it is real.”
In Chinese narrative tradition, extreme misfortune and inescapable tragedy are frequently framed as disorienting dreams or illusions from which one cannot awaken.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
absurd and terrifying
A paired adjective structure using 'you... you...' to describe a deeply disorienting and frightening situation.
nightmare
Frequently used metaphorically in Chinese to describe traumatic or catastrophic waking experiences.