这有什么怎么办的呀 都过去那么长时间了
“What is there to do? It's been so long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那怎么办啊
“What should I do?”
这有什么 怎么办 的 呀 都过去那么长时间了
“What is there to do? It's been so long.”
“Relax, it is water under the bridge, so stop stressing about it.”
Chinese interpersonal pragmatics often favors letting bygone conflicts fade with time rather than continually rehashing them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there is nothing that needs to be done; no reason to panic
A rhetorical pattern dismissing another person's excessive anxiety or indecision.
so much time has passed
Used to justify moving on from an issue because enough time has elapsed.
Softens the rhetorical question to sound reassuring and casual rather than confrontational.
Indicates the completion and accumulation of the elapsed time.