"reopen old wounds" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 重新揭開舊傷疤

Definition

讓人想起以前的傷害或問題，使人再次感到痛苦回憶或情緒。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是個比喻用語，指情感上的傷害而不是身體的傷口。常在談論敏感往事、舊爭執或痛苦回憶時用到，既可指個人也可指集體經驗。口語和書面語皆常見。

Examples

Talking about the accident will reopen old wounds.

談論那場事故會**重新揭開舊傷疤**。

The movie reopened old wounds for many viewers.

這部電影**重新揭開了許多觀眾的舊傷疤**。

Please don’t reopen old wounds by mentioning the divorce.

請不要提離婚，別**重新揭開舊傷疤**。

Bringing up that argument just reopens old wounds between them.

提起那次爭吵只會**重新揭開他們的舊傷疤**。

Every time he visits his hometown, it seems to reopen old wounds.

每次他回老家，看起來就會**重新揭開舊傷疤**。

I’m not trying to reopen old wounds, but we never really talked about what happened.

我不是想**重新揭開舊傷疤**，只是我們從沒真正談過那件事。