你从他做生意开始
“You've known him since he started his business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
孩子都整出来了
“Look what you've done! You even had his kid.”
你 从 他 做生意 开始
“You've known him since he started his business.”
你就认识他
“You've known him since he started his business.”
“You know him better than anyone else, so don't pretend to be ignorant.”
Sharing a relationship that spans back to someone's early career signifies deep familiarity and mutual obligations in Chinese social networks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do business; to run a commercial venture
A very common colloquial term for engaging in trade or entrepreneurial activity.
starting from...
Used to frame temporal or conditional starting points in narratives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“From the moment I started my small business,”
“After all, you're in business.”
“She's a natural at business.”
“You've seen him build his business from scratch.”
“Do you know how hard it is to run a business?”
“How come I didn't think of this great business?”