越说我只会越失望
“The more I say it, the more disappointed I will be.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
越 说我 只会 越 失望
“The more I say it, the more disappointed I will be.”
“You forgot something special to me, and it hurts to dwell on it.”
In Chinese romantic interactions, expressing disappointment by cutting off conversation often functions as a bid for emotional validation and soothing from the partner.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the more one talks, the more...
A productive correlative construction used to express progressive escalation during speech.
will only; can only lead to
Indicates an inevitable negative consequence of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and the more we look, the less satisfied we become.”
“I'm used to being disappointed.”
“I always let him down.”
“I'm disappointed in myself.”
“You've deeply disappointed me.”
“you've deeply disappointed me.”