好长时间不见你了
“I haven't seen you in a long time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有啥好事
“Nothing special.”
好长时间不见 你 了
“I haven't seen you in a long time.”
“You vanish after work every day, no idea where you go.”
“Where on earth have you been hiding all this time?”
Among Chinese friends, pointing out someone's absence ('找不着人了') serves as an affectionate icebreaker rather than a serious accusation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Haven't seen you in a really long time.
A natural, warm spoken alternative to the idiomatic formula '好久不见', often used with close acquaintances.
Indicates a change of state and marks the culmination of an ongoing duration of absence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Long time no see.”
“It's been so long since we last met.”
“It's been a long time since we met.”
“it's been a while.”
“You haven't shown your face in a while.”
“It's been 7 years since we last met, which was at your graduation.”
“I haven't seen you in days.”
“and I haven't seen your uncle in years.”