我这心里总是闷闷的
“I've been feeling depressed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自从他离开李墨以后
“ever since he left Li Ink,”
我这 心里 总是 闷闷的
“I've been feeling depressed.”
这书里说呀
“According to the book,”
“I can't shake off this lingering sadness since he left; I feel lost.”
In Chinese culture, emotional suffering and heartache are frequently expressed through somatic sensations like tightness, heaviness, or stuffiness in the chest.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
feeling heavy-hearted, depressed, or stifled
A colloquial somatic expression used to convey low-level, lingering emotional sorrow or gloom.
Used at the end of the clause after an adjective reduplication to reinforce the descriptive psychological state.