她这一住就将近三年 哪有这道理
“She's stayed there for nearly three years. It's unreasonable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When exactly is she planning to return to the capital?”
她这一住就将近三年 哪有这道理
“She's stayed there for nearly three years. It's unreasonable.”
不是打算回京城 说是为了做生意 像是从江南
“She isn't planning to return to the capital. She says it's for business. It seems she brought in a shipload of goods”
“She has massively overstayed her welcome, and it's completely unacceptable.”
While hospitality toward extended family is obligatory in Chinese culture, lingering indefinitely without establishing one's own household violates etiquette and strains domestic boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stayed right away for; stayed as long as
The pattern '一 [verb] 就 [duration]' emphasizes how unexpectedly or excessively long an action continued.
how can that make any sense; that is totally unreasonable
A very common rhetorical expression used to reject an unfair situation or unacceptable behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She's only staying for two days, so be good.”
“I've got used to living alone.”
“I had got her address. So I was confident.”
“If you're used to living here, you can stay.”
“she would have been living in a three-story house long ago.”
“I lived there for five years.”