每次提及我的死期 你总是闭口不谈
“whenever my death is mentioned, you say nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这么多年了
“All these years,”
每次 提及 我的 死期 你总是 闭口不谈
“whenever my death is mentioned, you say nothing.”
多么荒唐
“How absurd.”
“Stop hiding the truth from me as if I were a child.”
In traditional Chinese culture, direct mention of death is taboo; partners or elders frequently conceal dire prognoses or fatal truths out of a misguided desire to protect loved ones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to speak a word about something
A very common four-character idiom used when someone intentionally avoids mentioning a sensitive topic.
date of death; destined time to die
A dramatic noun used mostly in serious literature, fantasy, or fatalistic contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your time is up. I know.”
“And your time is up!”
“if you die today,”
“your death is not far off.”
“because it's the day you die.”
“Because I've already died once when I was with you.”