这几日都不让过去
“We have not been allowed through these past few days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是卖鱼的
“I sell fish.”
这几日都不让过去
“We have not been allowed through these past few days.”
“A lot of the fish and shrimp have already died.”
“Please let me through, these restrictions are ruining my business.”
In Chinese interactions with figures of authority, ordinary citizens frequently highlight practical livelihood struggles (like spoiled goods) to evoke sympathy rather than arguing legal rights.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
these past few days
A common temporal expression used to refer to recent days, slightly more formal or literary than '这几天'.
not allowed to pass through
Use this structure when reporting prohibitions or physical restrictions enforced by authorities or gatekeepers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We didn't in the past, and we certainly won't in the future.”
“What happened in the past can't be undone or changed.”
“Because these days, you wouldn't even let me go to the second floor.”