有时伤害的是握着刀的人
“and sometimes it hurts the one holding it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Jealousy is a knife— sometimes it hurts others,”
有时 伤害的是 握着刀的人
“and sometimes it hurts the one holding it.”
老陈
“Chen,”
“You think you're hurting your rival, but your envy is going to destroy you.”
Chinese interpersonal philosophy often emphasizes that harboring malice or envy boomerangs, disrupting inner harmony and self-cultivation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sometimes / at times
Used as a temporal adverb to describe situations that happen occasionally.
the person holding the knife
A metaphorical expression referring to the aggressor or the person harboring malicious intent.
Functions here as a nominalizer emphasizing the agent who suffers the negative consequence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“His hand had already been cut.”
“The dagger used by the culprit”
“Why is that person carrying a sword?”
“the victim will follow every order”
“If someone tries to harm you,”
“cuts and sword wounds on your body.”