你看咱们 这么多年都没见着呢
“We haven't seen each other in so many years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
亲家
“We haven't seen each other in so many years.”
你看 咱们 这么多年都没见着 呢
“We haven't seen each other in so many years.”
这个呀
“This is Zhuodi's dad.”
“We are family and haven't caught up in ages, so let's be warm and help each other out.”
In Chinese culture, in-laws share a polite yet delicate bond where appeals to shared history and familial closeness are often used to maintain harmony or request assistance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so many years
A common spoken phrase used to emphasize a long duration when catching up with acquaintances or relatives.
haven't met / haven't seen each other
Colloquial northern oral variant of 没见到, indicating failure to meet up.
Softens the assertion and draws attention to the ongoing state of not having seen each other.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's been a long time since we met.”
“you haven't seen them for years, right?”
“We haven't seen each other for so long.”
“No one expected that Old Scorpion would be right there with them.”
“Remember how long it's been since we watched a movie?”
“It's been over a year since we last met. How have you been?”
“We haven't seen each other for a long time.”
“I haven't seen you for years.”
“It's been a long time since we've...”
“It's been so long since we last met.”