这些天我跑遍了全城的客栈 酒肆脚行
“I've searched all the inns, taverns, and transport shops in the city.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
找到朱夫子了吗
“Nothing. Have you found Master Zhu?”
这些天我 跑遍了 全城的客栈 酒肆脚行
“I've searched all the inns, taverns, and transport shops in the city.”
没有找到任何的踪迹
“I haven't found any trace of him.”
“Don't blame me for failing; I've searched every possible corner.”
In Chinese communicative norms, detailing one's immense effort prior to delivering failure protects face and deflects accusations of negligence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ran all over / searched everywhere across
Use '跑遍了' followed by a geographic scope to express exhaustive travel or searching.
these past few days
Common time expression used to describe recent continuous actions or states.
Marks the completion of visiting all the aforementioned places.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Where've you been these past few days?”
“He comes to drink every day. He calls me when he's drunk,”
“How did you find time to go to all these places? I was working outside the office today.”
“- Where's your inn? Is it far? - Not far at all.”
“Alright. For the next few days, just stay at my place.”
“My inn failed to care for you, Miss He.”