一走起步就是两个月
“I needed to be gone for at least 2 months every time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The business trips were always assigned to me.”
一走起步就是 两个月
“I needed to be gone for at least 2 months every time.”
“I assisted with every major project, but when it came to payment,”
“They dump all the exhausting, long-term travel on me without giving me fair compensation.”
Junior or unempowered employees often get saddled with exhausting travel assignments (Chuchai) while higher-ups reap the financial rewards upon project completion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
starts at / at the very least
Used colloquially to emphasize that a baseline amount, duration, or cost is already remarkably high.
once... it easily lasts / amounts to...
A common sentence pattern to emphasize an extreme duration or quantity resulting from a single action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's rare for us to walk home once.”
“you've been gone for two years.”
“I'm walking.”
“Why are you still here?”
“live your life well, step by step.”
“Got it. Save whoever we can.”