我在里面待了两年多 我都不敢下这个判断
“I've been in there for over two years. and I still wouldn't dare make that judgment.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是最大的团伙
“is the biggest gang?”
我在里面待了两年多 我 都不敢 下 这个 判断
“I've been in there for over two years. and I still wouldn't dare make that judgment.”
“Do you know how many routes there are into Bolamula?”
“You don't know what you're talking about, so don't jump to conclusions.”
In Chinese communication, having direct, arduous personal experience provides unquestionable moral and factual authority to overrule others' assumptions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stay inside (in prison, undercover, or within a specific secluded group)
A spoken idiom referring to time spent in a specific enclosed environment, often jail or an undercover post.
to make a judgment / draw a conclusion
Standard collocation used in formal and spoken contexts for passing a verdict or reaching a conclusion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you've been living here for almost two months, right?”
“It must have been soaking there for at least half a year.”
“More than a year has passed.”
“She's a good person and has worked here for years. So after all that, you also think Ms. Xiao's cooking is awful,”
“it's been 20 years, right?”
“You've lived with Ye Qian for about half a year now, right?”