早知道就不招惹你
“I shouldn't have married you. I'm sorry to be such a burden.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
早知道就不 招惹 你
“I shouldn't have married you. I'm sorry to be such a burden.”
给你添麻烦
“I shouldn't have married you. I'm sorry to be such a burden.”
“I should have left you alone; getting close to you only brought us both misery.”
Chinese speakers often frame dysfunctional or painful romances through the lens of karmic entanglement, viewing personal interaction as inadvertently triggering fate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
had I known earlier / if only I knew
A very frequent spoken colloquial pattern introducing deep regret about a past action.
to provoke / to get entangled with / to flirt with
Often carries a nuanced connotation of initiating an interaction that leads to unforeseen drama or complications.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I should never have shown this to you.”
“If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have kept it from you.”
“I shouldn't have taken over this mess!”
“I should have found another way...”
“You shouldn't have come to me in the first place.”
“If I had known earlier, I should've asked her to leave just now!”