你们怎么还在问啊 我知道 我知道 过了很多年了
“Why are you asking about it? I know. It's been many years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“T-This was many years ago.”
你们 怎么还在问 啊 我知道 我知道 过 了 很多年了
“Why are you asking about it? I know. It's been many years.”
“Leave it alone already; bringing this up again won't help you find anything new.”
In Chinese social interaction, invoking the extensive passage of time is a common strategy to justify not digging into uncomfortable or painful memories.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why are you still asking
Used to express annoyance when someone persists in asking questions about an issue that you consider settled or unwelcome.
many years have passed
A common temporal marker used to downplay the relevance of a past event or to excuse a lack of memory.
Intensifies the rhetorical question, signaling acute impatience and annoyance at being pressed repeatedly.
Indicates a completed change of state over time, emphasizing how distant the event is from the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why did you assume it's been many years?”
“Why are you asking about that drunkard again? Didn't you ask the other day?”