一年多的时间过去了
“More than a year has passed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
走
“Let's go.”
一年多的时间过去了
“More than a year has passed.”
“and still, not a blade of grass grows here.”
“It has been over a year already, yet the scars here haven't healed at all.”
Chinese narrative discourse frequently pairs the passage of time with unchanged ruin to evoke a sense of tragedy and solemnity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
over a year's time
Standard pattern using 'Number + Measure word + 多' to express an approximation exceeding the base number.
has passed / has elapsed
Commonly attached to time periods to indicate that a specific duration has gone by.
Functions as a change-of-state marker indicating the completion of that time span up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sometimes, it's a few years; sometimes, it's over a decade.”
“You've been domineering for days.”
“So many years have passed.”
“More than 10 years have passed in a flash.”
“Over 20 years passed in a flash”
“for quite some time.”