你现在遇到麻烦 我都帮不上
“Now that you're in trouble, I can't help at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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你现在 遇到麻烦 我都 帮不上
“Now that you're in trouble, I can't help at all.”
只会连累你们
“I only drag you down.”
“I feel so powerless and ashamed that I cannot do anything to rescue you.”
In close Chinese relationships, failing to offer tangible assistance when someone faces trouble generates intense personal shame and self-blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to run into trouble; to encounter difficulties
Standard idiomatic phrase to describe facing personal or professional setbacks.
unable to help; powerless to assist
A potential complement expressing inability or insufficiency to lend support.