那都已经是过去了
“That's all in the past.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you know what that tattoo stands for?”
那都 已经是过去了
“That's all in the past.”
我们现在结婚了
“Liu Ping and I are married now.”
“Stop bringing up their history; it does not matter anymore because they are with me now.”
In Chinese culture, entering marriage represents a decisive commitment where digging into premarital romantic baggage is often seen as taboo and destructive to present familial harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already is; has already become
Combines two emphasizing adverbs to stress that an outcome or status is settled and unchangeable.
in the past; over and done with
Standard spoken idiom to tell someone to let go of previous events, grudges, or relationships.
Signifies a completed state and reinforces finality, marking the past as entirely closed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Everything in the past is behind us.”
“Didn't you watch the news? That's in the past.”
“That's all behind me now. Yeah.”
“Anyway, it's all over now.”
“So... Let's move on from this.”
“It means all of this has passed.”
“Forget it. Just let it go.”
“It was all so long ago.”
“It's all in the past. Don't think about it anymore."”