我就看见你 在那儿揉胳膊 你肯定是旧伤复发
“rubbing your arm when you were at the fishing village. You must have relapsed from old injury.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那病床前 一眼都没合 前天晚上也是 你从那渔村
“in front of the hospital bed all night. The night before yesterday was as well. I saw you”
我就 看见 你 在那儿揉胳膊 你 肯定是 旧伤复发
“rubbing your arm when you were at the fishing village. You must have relapsed from old injury.”
“Can you be quiet for a while? I'm so annoyed!”
“Stop pretending you are fine; I can clearly see you are in pain.”
In Chinese relationships, affection is often shown through direct, persistent observation of physical ailments, which can sometimes come across to the recipient as nagging.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
recurrence of an old wound / flare-up of a past injury
A common idiom used both literally for medical conditions and metaphorically for emotional wounds.
to rub one's arm
Describes a physical gesture indicating soreness, numbness, or muscular strain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I saw it. I just saw it at the entrance. I'm sorry.”
“You were grinning from ear to ear.”
“You don't want to see me, right?”
“Just seeing her makes me uncomfortable.”
“meeting you today”
“If I see something, I can't pretend I didn't.”