是发生在你还不叫李芬时的事情
“It's about something that happened when you weren't called Li Fen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是现在的事情
“It's not about the present.”
是 发生在 你 还不叫 李芬 时 的事情
“It's about something that happened when you weren't called Li Fen.”
我直接说吧
“I'll be direct.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese contexts, changing one's legal name often denotes major life events such as adoption or parental remarriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to happen; to take place
A common verb used to indicate events or incidents that occur.
something that happened during the time of...
Useful pattern to locate an event within a specific past timeframe.