我们连您的影都看不见
“we couldn't catch a glimpse of you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前两三年
“A couple of years ago,”
我们 连 您的 影都看不见
“we couldn't catch a glimpse of you.”
现在您一周来五次
“Now, you come five times a week.”
“You were completely unreachable back then, but now you practically live here.”
Using the honorific '您' combined with colorful spoken hyperbole ('影都看不见') balances deference with friendly warmth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot even see; not even a trace of
A pattern used to emphasize total absence or invisibility of someone or something.
not even a glimpse of one's shadow
A vivid spoken idiom meaning someone is utterly nowhere to be found.