我怕他悲伤过了会想不开
“I'm afraid his grief will overwhelm him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You Chen'an hurt him badly this time.”
我怕 他 悲伤过了会想不开
“I'm afraid his grief will overwhelm him.”
而且他打小就这样
“And he's been like this since he was little.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese interpersonal communication, explicit mentions of suicide or severe self-harm are taboo; speakers prefer indirect phrases like 'cannot see through things' (想不开) to soften the shock.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take things too hard; to commit suicide or do something drastic
A common spoken euphemism used when someone is so emotionally devastated that they might harm themselves.
overly grieved; excessive sorrow
Used to describe grief that surpasses normal emotional thresholds.
