心真是又冷又热的
“You can be so cold and yet so warm.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这孩子
“Look at you.”
心 真是 又冷又热 的
“You can be so cold and yet so warm.”
虽然养在我跟前15年
“I've raised you for 15 years,”
“No matter how warm I try to make you, I still can't truly reach or trust you.”
Filial piety and domestic harmony demand total sincerity toward foster elders; someone who blows 'hot and cold' is perceived as untrustworthy and unfilial.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
both cold and hot; mercurial; hot-and-cold
A vivid juxtaposition used to describe an erratic or contradictory emotional disposition.
one's heart/nature truly is...
An emotive oral phrasing used to express disbelief or sorrow about someone's deep-seated personality.
Emphasizes the established, persistent characteristic of the subject's disposition.