但她到现在都没有走近我爸
“she still can't get close to my dad.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都已经长这么大了
“Now that I'm grown up,”
但她 到现在都没有 走近 我爸
“she still can't get close to my dad.”
我要是喜欢一个人
“If I ever like someone,”
“If she truly loved him, she would have opened up or taken a step forward by now.”
Adult children in Chinese families often closely scrutinize potential step-parents to protect their parents from emotional exploitation or insincerity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
still haven't even by now / up to this point has never
Emphasizes the sustained duration of an unmet expectation or non-occurrence.
to get close to emotionally / to open up to
Metaphorically describes closing emotional distance and building true intimacy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It has nothing to do with him.”
“I haven't seen him in a year.”
“I haven't seen my dad in a long time.”
“and she definitely won't let me come out to find my dad again.”
“I haven't even touched her yet.”
“I've never heard my parents mention it.”