更别说奶奶只见了一次
“The grandmother has only seen him once.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的当事人只见过孩子两次
“yet my client has only seen his child twice.”
更别说 奶奶只见 了 一次
“The grandmother has only seen him once.”
这两个月前
“Two months ago,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese legal and domestic custody disputes, grandparent-child contact is frequently weighed heavily due to deep intergenerational caretaking norms.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not to mention; let alone
Used to introduce an even more extreme or compelling example that reinforces the preceding statement.
only met once
Used to emphasize minimal frequency or severe limitation in contact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You think I've never seen anything?”
“he couldn't face Granny Yu.”
“I do not want to go with Grandma.”
“Look. Granny Yu went through such a huge ordeal,”
“Did Grandma mistake me for someone else,”
“means I can leave this world behind with pride.”