我心里面就有一个窟窿
“I've had this hole in my heart.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哥哥走了以后
“Since my brother was gone,”
我 心里面就有一个窟窿
“I've had this hole in my heart.”
它会漏风
“It lets the wind in.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often express intense emotional pain through concrete sensory metaphors, such as comparing emotional emptiness to a drafty hole in the heart.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in one's heart / inside one's mind
A common spoken collocation used when talking about inner emotional states or deep thoughts.
hole / cavity
Literally refers to a hole or opening; metaphorically used here to describe emotional void or deep loss.