Translation question (spoilers for ep 24)

[china_shop]

In episode 24 when they're defusing the bomb in the hospital, Shen Wei says this:



Which the version of the subtitles I have translates as, "I’m sorry, the things I kept from you, I will tell you one day."

But Google Translate seems to think the middle line (我瞒你的事情, lit. I will keep your secret (I think?)) is also a euphemism for "I love you."

Can anyone confirm or deny that? And give hints for how to use it euphemistically, if possible?

Comments

[tinny]

It literally does mean exactly what it says on the tin. "The things I have kept from you".

wo man (I hid/kept) ni de (from you) shi qing (things)

I would be very interested in hearing how one could reinterpret this! (Not kidding, I'm serious. I'm always up for learning Chinese language details.)

[china_shop]

Me too! My brother knows some Mandarin but is being spectacularly unhelpful on this particular point. (He was the one who gave me "I will keep your secret" as a translation. *shrug emoji*)

[tinny]

How characters depend on each other within Chinese sentences is the hardest thing. Ugh.

If you regrouped the characters, you could - without context - get to:

wo man (i will hide/keep) ni de shiqing (your things/secrets).

But... no. That is not what he means here.

[trobadora]

Yeah, it's totally got to be Out of Context Theatre!

In context it has to be(我瞒你)的事情, but out of context, as a sentence in isolation, it makes sense that china_shop's brother parsed it as 我瞒(你的事情), doesn't it? I mean, from what little I know about Chinese. *g*

[tinny]

out of context, as a sentence in isolation, it makes sense that china_shop's brother parsed it as ...

Yes, exactly.