不知道什么时候 才能再见了
“the three of us will meet again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“After the separation, who knows when”
不知道什么时候 才能 再见了
“the three of us will meet again.”
“It's Lunar New Year. Why are you crying?”
“I'm heartbroken because I really don't know when we'll be able to gather like this again.”
Refers to the Lunar New Year holiday season. In traditional Chinese culture, celebrating the New Year emphasizes joy, peace, and family reunion, making crying, arguing, or speaking of unlucky topics taboo.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not knowing when one will finally be able to do something; often used to lament a long wait or an uncertain future
A highly frequent spoken sentence pattern used to express sighs of lament, helplessness, or earnest longing.
Sentence-final particle indicating a newly emerged situation, conveying a sigh of realization or an established fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know when he'll be back.”
“And I don't know when I'll sing it right.”
“I don't think we'll see each other again. Take care.”