真不知道要掉在案几下有多久
“they could have been lost under my desk for ages.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当年端王上交奏钞和兵符 若非被你发现
“Back then, the Prince of Duan submitted his memorial and command tally. If you hadn't found them,”
真不知道 要掉在案几下 有多久
“they could have been lost under my desk for ages.”
有什么话？你说
“What is it? Say it.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In ancient Chinese administration, military tallies (bingfu) and memorials were instruments of supreme political life-or-death power, making their loss catastrophic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really wonder how long it would...
Used to emphasize an extreme counterfactual outcome that was narrowly avoided.
for how long
A common duration phrase used to speculate or ask about an extended length of time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm unsure how long you'll be investigating.”
“I don't know why this is taking so long.”
“You also make videos. Don't you know how long it'll take?”
“who knows how long I'll have to wait again.”
“or how long I would have to wait.”
“Now with this family causing trouble, who knows how long it'll drag on again?”
“I don't know how much time I have left.”