还要等好久才能看到日出
“It's still dark, and it'll be a long wait until sunrise.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
天这么黑
“It's still dark, and it'll be a long wait until sunrise.”
还要 等好久 才能看到日出
“It's still dark, and it'll be a long wait until sunrise.”
有流星
“A shooting star!”
“It is so dark and cold; are you sure this is worth waiting for?”
Climbing a mountain or waiting overnight to watch the sunrise together is a quintessential romantic trope in modern Chinese youth culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a very long time
A common colloquial phrase used to emphasize an extended duration of time.
only then / only can
Used to express that an action can only occur after a long prerequisite condition is met.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The clouds are very thick today. I'm afraid we won't see the sunrise.”
“We're just watching the sunrise.”
“Don't you want to see the sunrise?”
“In a very long time,”
“for ages.”
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