童年阴影

童年陰影
tóngniányīnyǐng
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

《Húluwá》 lǐ de shéjīng shì wǒ de tóngnián yīnyǐng.
The snake demon from Calabash Brothers is my childhood trauma.
Tā de tóngnián yīnyǐng yìzhí yǐngxiǎng zhe tā de xìnggé.
His childhood trauma still shapes his personality.
Xiǎo shíhòu bèi gǒu yǎo guò, chéng le wǒ de tóngnián yīnyǐng.
Getting bitten by a dog as a kid became 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

tóng
nián
yīn
yǐng