630？ 这哪辈子的事了？
“June 30th? That's ancient history.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'd like to request reopening the investigation into the June 30th case.”
630？ 这 哪辈子的事 了？
“June 30th? That's ancient history.”
何晓荷 你和你爸一样疯了 还嫌不够乱 是不是？
“He Xiaohe, you're just as crazy as your dad. Isn't this mess enough?”
“That case is ancient history and dead; stop wasting time bringing it up.”
Superiors in Chinese workplace or police hierarchies often use colloquial hyperbole like '哪辈子的事' to quickly shut down unwanted suggestions without engaging in formal deliberation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
which lifetime; ages ago
A colloquial hyperbolic phrase used to mock how long ago something occurred.
that is ancient history
Idiomatic dismissal expressing that a past matter is obsolete and irrelevant.
Indicates a changed state, reinforcing that the matter has long since passed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What past life? This is ridiculous.”
“has already wasted sixty-one years.”
“Since you're asking like that, it must be 2010.”
“That's many ordinary lifetimes.”
“Six hundred? Isn't that a bit pricey?”
“He wants the 60 million.”