不得几个月半年吗
“But if we wait for you, it could take months.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可你们解决的话
“But if we wait for you, it could take months.”
不得 几个月半年 吗
“But if we wait for you, it could take months.”
这工地上的工友
“The construction crew needs the money to eat.”
“Your official channel takes way too long; we cannot wait months for this.”
Labor disputes on Chinese construction sites often face prolonged bureaucratic reviews, leading workers to distrust formal resolution timelines.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
surely takes / will inevitably require
A colloquial Northern Mandarin rhetorical pattern used to estimate a minimum amount of time or cost that cannot be avoided.
several months to half a year
A natural spoken phrase used to express a loose, extended timeframe.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question to prompt agreement from the listener.
