这些年 我没有睡过一天好觉
“all these years, I haven't had a single good night's sleep.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
局长
“Chief,”
这些年 我没有 睡过一天好觉
“all these years, I haven't had a single good night's sleep.”
“I'm afraid that I'll dream of them.”
“My conscience has been tearing me apart every single day.”
In Chinese narrative culture, chronic inability to sleep well is the classic shorthand for a troubled conscience or carrying a heavy secret alone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
over all these years; during this past period
A common temporal marker used when summing up long-term personal hardship or changes.
get a good night's sleep
Often negated as '没睡过好觉' to idiomatically describe being plagued by intense stress, fear, or guilt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Lately, I haven't been sleeping well.”
“I haven't been sleeping well these days,”
“I haven't slept well for a single night. Do you know that?”