我来来往往 不知道走了多少回
“on this road countless times.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这条路
“I've come and gone”
我来 来往 往 不知道走了多少回
“on this road countless times.”
“I never thought Dad was buried so close by.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese filial piety, learning that a deceased parent was resting close by without one knowing evokes intense sorrow and unconscious guilt for not paying proper respects earlier.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
coming and going / bustling back and forth
An AABB pattern idiom that vividly depicts frequent, habitual movement back and forth along a route.
don't know how many times I walked it / walked it countless times
A common rhetorical expression used to emphasize vast, uncountable repetitions over a long period.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yes, I have. Has it always been like this?”
“Let me, let me. I will push you over.”
“It's the same old problem again.”
“Of course. Come. Here you go.”
“You've changed back and forth so many times. He's on stage, and you're in the audience. He won't notice you.”
“Why did you come? If I don't come now,”