是不是因为杀人做噩梦了
“Was it a nightmare because of the killing?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你中午醒来满头大汗的
“You woke up sweating profusely at noon.”
是不是因为 杀人 做噩梦 了
“Was it a nightmare because of the killing?”
是
“Yes.”
“I noticed your distress; are you feeling guilty or terrified because you took a life?”
In traditional Chinese belief, taking a human life brings deep karmic debt and mental turmoil (xinjie), which commonly manifests as nocturnal terrors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is it because...
A natural way to hypothesize the reason behind someone's visible emotional or physical state.
to have a nightmare
Standard everyday verb phrase used when referring to bad dreams.
Marks the occurrence of a new state or event, indicating the nightmare has already happened.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never intended to kill anyone.”
“to be the murderers all of a sudden!”
“Could it just be a coincidence?”
“It'll give you nightmares.”
“Do they need a reason to kill?”
“why were they still killed?”