早就已经腐朽衰败了
“had already decayed beyond saving.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
惊鸿在他心里
“In his eyes, Jinghong”
早就 已经 腐朽衰败 了
“had already decayed beyond saving.”
而腾达
“And Tengda”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese business storytelling, older established firms are often framed as decaying imperial dynasties waiting to be supplanted by dynamic newcomers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
long ago already
Use this structure to emphasize that a certain state or change was completed well before the present moment.
rotten and declining
A literary four-character idiom combination used to describe institutions or systems that have deteriorated internally.
Functions as a sentence-final particle signaling a change of state or emphasizing an existing condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is already rotten.”
“Though she has now passed away, her crimes cannot be concealed.”
“(may already have slipped away.)”
“fearless of death.”
“I would have died in the streets long ago.”
“has been in other hands for years.”
“a humiliating loss to Jiang Hansheng.”
“has long been riddled with their infiltration.”
“corroded from within a long time ago.”
“lurks a heart long rotten”
“would have already been plunged into misery and suffering.”
“it was still in ruins.”
“have long been eaten away by snakes and rats.”
“the world outside had changed.”
“is all dead branches.”
“...is long void.”
“He was annihilated long ago.”