也是隔了好几天才联系上的
“Last time there was a leak at home, it also took several days to reach him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
上次家里漏水
“Last time there was a leak at home, it also took several days to reach him.”
也是 隔了 好几 天才 联系上 的
“Last time there was a leak at home, it also took several days to reach him.”
你们说说 什么人
“What kind of people are they?”
“They completely dodged responsibility and were impossible to get hold of.”
In Chinese urban apartment complexes, resolving maintenance issues like pipe leaks often requires tracking down elusive upstairs neighbors or landlords, frequently becoming a topic of shared social venting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after a gap of several days
Use this phrase to emphasize a significant delay between events.
only then managed to get in touch
Pair '才' with a result verb to emphasize that an action required excessive time or effort.
Functions as part of the 'shi...de' construction to emphatically highlight the manner and delay of making contact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't reach him for a couple of days.”
“(It's been so many days and he still hasn't contacted me.)”
“I haven't been able to reach him either.”
“We haven't been in touch for years.”
“There are some I can't even contact anymore.”
“but you still won't be able to reach”