过去了这么多年了 家属一直没出现过
“It's been so many years, and no family has ever shown up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Could it be related to that unidentified body?”
过去了 这么多年了 家属一直 没出现过
“It's been so many years, and no family has ever shown up.”
马德荣在调查爆炸案 他的孙女又被绑架了
“Ma Derong is investigating the explosion, and his granddaughter was kidnapped.”
“It is unlikely to be related or solvable since no one ever came forward after all this time.”
In Chinese culture, claiming a deceased relative's body (家属认领) is an imperative duty of filial piety; an unclaimed corpse strongly signifies severed ties, secrecy, or severe foul play.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so many years have passed
A standard temporal marker used to emphasize how much time has elapsed since an event.
has never appeared / never shown up all this time
Used to describe an unbroken negative state or absence extending up to the present moment.
Marks an updated situation and emphasizes the long duration that has elapsed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've been here so many years.”
“What? After all these years,”
“Never thought after all these years,”
“But after all these years,”
“So many years have passed,”
“All these years later,”