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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries揭伤疤
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiē shāngbā
"你这样说简直是在揭伤疤。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To revive a memory of a past quarrel, grievance, or distressing experience that had been forgotten or partially healed.
"Bringing up the past argument only served to open an old wound between them." - 2
To cause old emotional pain or sorrow to be felt once again by discussing a sensitive topic.
"The documentary threatened to open old wounds for the families of the victims."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from physical metaphoric traditions where a physical injury that has scarred over is torn open again, causing renewed pain. The idiom has been used in English literature for centuries to describe the revival of bitter memories, past grievances, or unresolved emotional trauma.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Open an old wound" is said worldwide
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rouvrir une vieille blessure
Transliteration: rouvrir une vieille blessure
"Parler de cet incident ne fait que rouvrir une vieille blessure."
eine alte Wunde aufreißen
Transliteration: eine alte Wunde aufreißen
"Diese Frage droht, eine alte Wunde aufzureißen."
riaprire una vecchia ferita
Transliteration: riaprire una vecchia ferita
"Non volevo riaprire una vecchia ferita parlandone."
reabrir una vieja herida
Transliteration: reabrir una vieja herida
"Sus comentarios volvieron a reabrir una vieja herida."
reabrir uma ferida antiga
Transliteration: reabrir uma ferida antiga
"Tocar nesse assunto é reabrir uma ferida antiga."
पुराना घाव हरा करना
Transliteration: purana ghav hara karna
"उसकी बात ने मेरे पुराने घाव को हरा कर दिया।"
揭伤疤
Transliteration: jiē shāngbā
"你这样说简直是在揭伤疤。"
지나간 상처를 다시 들추다
Transliteration: jinagan sangcheoreul dasi deulchuda
"그의 말은 잊혀진 지난 상처를 다시 들추어냈다."
古傷を蒸し返す
Transliteration: furukizu o mushikaesu
"その話題を持ち出すのは、古傷を蒸し返すようなものだ。"
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