一年到头 见不上一面
“we can hardly see each other once every year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现如今
“now,”
一年到头 见不上一面
“we can hardly see each other once every year.”
别说 有一面
“Oh no, we meet once a year.”
“You are away so much that we barely exist in your life anymore.”
Chinese culture places immense value on frequent family reunions, making prolonged absences across an entire year a source of poignant emotional distress for relatives left behind.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all year round; throughout the whole year
Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to emphasize continuous hardship, busy routine, or persistent separation over an entire year.
unable to meet; cannot manage to see
A potential complement indicating the inability to arrange or secure a meeting due to objective constraints.