你几天没洗澡了
“How many days since you last bathed?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
臭死了
“You stink!”
你几天没洗澡了
“How many days since you last bathed?”
不好意思
“Sorry.”
“You stink terribly—go take a shower right now.”
While Chinese communicative norms emphasize politeness and indirectness with outsiders, family members and close peers often dispense with pleasantries and speak with unfiltered bluntness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
haven't ... for how many days
A standard spoken pattern to ask or complain about the duration of an unperformed routine activity.
take a shower / bath
Everyday separable verb phrase for bathing or showering.
Marks the ongoing duration and current state of the accumulated days without showering.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and has not visited for some time.”
“I don't have much time left.”
“Not long after he started,”
“how many days are you staying here?”
“I wonder if I'll ever be able”
“It took you a whole month to recall that?”