You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.

你谈起他的第一个妻子，这就触到了他的痛处。

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The whole subject touches a raw nerve.

这个话题触动了她的神经。

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This is a musical work that touches a raw nerve with workers.

作曲人金承志说： 礿“这是一首触到职业人士痛处的音乐作品。

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That it has touched such a raw nerve suggests that many French people think so too.

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Shifting call-centres to cheap-labour countries such as India seems to touch a particularly raw nerve.

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"I think I touched a raw nerve, particularly among civilian intellectuals who feel and think they can become leaders, " he says.

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