我惦记吃这家店好长时间了
“I've been wanting to try this place forever.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
沈法官
“Judge Shen.”
我 惦记吃 这家店 好长时间了
“I've been wanting to try this place forever.”
好多人都跟我说好
“Everyone's been raving about it.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Eagerly tracking and longing to try well-reviewed restaurants is a common icebreaker and social bonding activity across Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to keep thinking about; to yearn for
A colloquial verb used when someone holds a persistent thought, desire, or concern about a person, thing, or event.
quite a long time
A conversational intensifier using 'hao' to emphasize an extended duration.
Functions as a marker of ongoing duration up to the present moment when paired with a time duration phrase.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Judge Shen. I've been wanting to try this place forever.”
“Remember to come back when you're tired.”
“Back then, Yongguang only had one store.”