上学那阵 你就神龙见首不见尾
“You were always hard to find back in our school days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
稀客啊 小师妹
“[CERTIFICATE OF HONORARY APPOINTMENT] Wow, it's been ages.”
上学 那阵 你就 神龙见首不见尾
“You were always hard to find back in our school days.”
一转眼毕业都快十年了吧
“It's practically been a decade since graduation, right?”
“You've always been impossible to catch hold of, even back then.”
Among Chinese alumni, teasing about someone's quirks from university days serves as an effective way to rekindle intimacy despite years of separation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mysterious and elusive; appearing and disappearing unpredictably
Use this idiom humorously to describe a friend or colleague who is constantly busy and difficult to locate.
back during that period of time
A common colloquial Northern Chinese phrase used when reminiscing about past times or phases.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I only felt that once back in school.”
“I fought with him back in school.”
“I underestimated you back in school.”
“When I was student, I did wish”
“So, they went to the school. Today...”
“So his son goes to school”