我宁可你对我发火
“I'd rather you got mad at me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You have to give me a chance to say them.”
我 宁可你对我发火
“I'd rather you got mad at me!”
也不要像现在这样
“Than act like this now.”
“Yell at me if you must, just stop freezing me out.”
Silent treatment in Chinese relationships is widely termed 'cold violence,' often considered more destructive to emotional harmony than open arguments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
would rather / would prefer to
Expresses choosing the lesser of two evils when facing an unpleasant situation.
lose one's temper at me
Common spoken idiom for venting anger or yelling at someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You would rather choose”
“I'd rather cook than fiddle with the abacus.”
“I shouldn't have snapped at you,”
“I'd rather sew buttons than wash dishes.”
“I shouldn't have lost my temper with you. I'm sorry.”
“I can't treat you the way you treated me.”