咽
yān / yàn / yè / yànEnglish Meaning
(yān) throat; pharynx; narrow pass | (yàn) variant of 咽 | (yè) to choke (in crying) | (yàn) to swallow
HSK 7
00:01
“I wanted to speak my mind, but I chose silence to keep the peace.”
话到嘴边
“But every time the words reached my lips,”
“I swallowed them back down.”
老婆子我眼瞎心不瞎
“My eyes may be blind, but my heart is not.”
HSK 7
00:02
“I love her, but marrying me will only force her into a life of desperate poverty.”
祯娘就算嫁给我
“Even if Zhen marries me...”
“she'll have to suffer in poverty with me.”
为了祯娘
“For Zhen...”
HSK 7
00:01
“Stop suffering in silence; you need to speak up and look after yourself.”
你从小就是这样
“You've been this way since childhood,”
“always keeping everything bottled up inside.”
你考虑别人 也要考虑考虑自己
“You need to think about yourself too, not just others.”
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