夫妻俩就没团聚过
“They never got to be together.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
三年了
“It's been three years.”
夫妻俩就 没团聚过
“They never got to be together.”
这不听说你们团 来这儿演出吗
“Then he heard your troupe was performing here.”
“It is such a pity—they have sacrificed so much and haven't had a single chance to be together.”
Family wholeness and reunion (tuanyuan) are held in paramount regard in Chinese culture, making prolonged spousal separation particularly poignant and sympathetic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the couple / husband and wife
Colloquial and affectionate way to refer to a married pair.
to reunite / gather together
Commonly used for emotional family or spousal reunions, especially after prolonged separation.
Aspectual particle indicating experiential completion; here negated with 就没 to stress that the event never occurred even once.