这两个人还是在谈恋爱 但是呢生活是各过各的
“you're still dating, but living separate lives.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“are different. Leaving at night means”
这两个人 还是 在 谈恋爱 但是 呢 生活 是 各过各的
“you're still dating, but living separate lives.”
“But leaving in the morning means you've accepted that you're going to live together.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary urban China, young adults increasingly delineate between romantic dating (谈恋爱) and full cohabitation/shared life (一起生活), reflecting modern views on personal space and independence within intimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to date; to be in a romantic relationship
The standard Chinese term for romantic dating.
each living their own separate lives
A common idiom describing people keeping independent routines or parallel lives without deeply intertwining them.
Marks a mild conversational pause and highlights a contrast between dating and living together.
Nominalizes the lifestyle pattern in '各过各的' to describe an ongoing state.
