童年阴影

童年陰影

tóngnián yīnyǐng

noun

Meanings

1 childhood trauma
2 shadow cast by childhood, something from childhood that still haunts you

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Examples

HSK 6

他的童年阴影一直影响着他的性格。

Tā de tóngnián yīnyǐng yìzhí yǐngxiǎng zhe tā de xìnggé.

His childhood trauma still shapes his personality.

HSK 6

小时候被狗咬过,成了我的童年阴影。

Xiǎoshíhòu bèi gǒu yǎo guò, chéng le wǒ de tóngnián yīnyǐng.

Getting bitten by a dog as a kid became my childhood trauma.

HSK 7-9

《葫芦娃》里的蛇精是我的童年阴影。

《 Húluwá 》 lǐ de shéjīng shì wǒ de tóngnián yīnyǐng.

The snake demon from Calabash Brothers is my childhood trauma.

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Used both seriously (psychology, memoir) and lightheartedly online - playing a scary level in a game, watching a creepy cartoon, eating something awful all get called 童年阴影 for comic effect.

Stroke Order

童 tóng

年 nián

阴 yīn

影 yǐng