我们从小一起长大
“We grew up together,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她是我邻居
“She was my neighbor.”
我们 从小一起长大
“We grew up together,”
“and later went to university in Huacheng together.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Growing up together in the same neighborhood establishes deep, implicit interpersonal trust (yuanfen) highly valued in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since childhood; from an early age
A very common adverbial phrase placed before verbs to describe habits or relationships that started in early childhood.
grow up together
The standard set phrase to denote childhood friends or close peers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we grew up together.”
“The two brothers”
“She and I grew up together.”
“He grew up with me.”
“Growing up together—”
“We grew up together,”
“He grew up by my side,”
“We've been playing here since we were kids.”
“We grew up together, didn't we?”
“We grew up together.”
“You've been with us since you were a teen.”
“I grew up with her. We are like sisters.”