这一晃啊 你妈走了 也都二十一年了
“Now, your mother has passed away for 21 years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这时间过得可真快呀
“Time flies so fast!”
这 一晃 啊 你妈 走了 也都二十一年了
“Now, your mother has passed away for 21 years.”
你妈以前 多好强一个人啊 那么多人看上她
“Your mother used to be such a great woman. A lot of men took a fancy to her,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often avoid directly mentioning death by using softer metaphors like 'walking away' or 'leaving' to soften emotional pain and maintain auspicious decorum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a flash / in the blink of an eye
A colloquial oral expression used at the beginning of a sentence to introduce how quickly years or decades have flown by.
passed away / departed
A common gentle euphemism for death, softer than the blunt term for dying.
Adds an emotional pause to reflect on the passage of time, softening the delivery.
Indicates a completed change of state and elapsed duration.
