咱俩居然这么隔着心了
“we became so distant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
夫人 我不知道从什么时候开始
“Madam, I don't know since when”
咱俩 居然 这么 隔着心 了
“we became so distant.”
自打从南京到了上海 咱一路吃了多少苦啊
“Since we came to Shanghai from Nanjing, how much hardship have we suffered along the way?”
“We used to trust each other completely, but now you treat me like a stranger.”
Shared suffering creates an exceptionally strong moral bond in Chinese culture; acting distant toward someone you endured hardship with is seen as a profound emotional betrayal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
separated by distrust; guarded toward each other
An idiomatic metaphor describing an emotional divide or lack of frankness between people who should be close.
the two of us
A colloquial northern Chinese contraction of 'we two' that strongly emphasizes intimacy and shared identity.
Marks a change of state, stressing that their relationship has painfully shifted from open intimacy to cold suspicion.
