我看到的时候她就已经这样了 你想这都过去多久了
“She was already like this when I passed by. Think about it, that was quite a while ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还这样呢
“She's still like this.”
我看 到 的时候 她就 已经这样了 你想这 都过去多久了
“She was already like this when I passed by. Think about it, that was quite a while ago.”
“Even as someone who doesn't sell coffee, I know that once the beans are ground, you're supposed to drink it right away,”
“Don't blame me, it was already ruined long before I touched it.”
Pointing out temporal pre-existence is a common pragmatic strategy in spoken Chinese to deflect minor everyday blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already (emphasizing earliness or existing state)
Used to emphasize that a condition was established earlier than assumed.
so much time has already passed
A rhetorical device used to highlight how long ago something took place.
Marks the completed duration and underscores the rhetorical point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ten years have passed, yet you've barely grown.”
“she's long been accustomed to physical contact.”
“We've been out here so long.”
“She actually moved on from all that a long time ago.”
“It's been so long. She's late, right?”