这都多久 没有叫你去开会了 我还以为县里
“How long has it been since you were called for a meeting? I thought the county government”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
稀罕呀
“What a surprise.”
这都多久 没有 叫你 去开会 了 我还以为 县里
“How long has it been since you were called for a meeting? I thought the county government”
把你这个副县长 给忘了
“had forgotten about you, Deputy County Mayor.”
“You've been sidelined for so long that people forgot you even have authority.”
In Chinese bureaucratic systems (Tizhi nei), being excluded from regular meetings is the standard implicit signal that an official has lost power or fallen out of favor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
It has been so long already
Used emphatically to highlight an unusually long passage of time.
I actually thought; I was under the impression
Commonly introduces a mistaken assumption, often with an ironic or teasing edge.
Marks the culmination and prolonged continuation of the state of being excluded from meetings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It doesn't matter how long they stay here.”
“Hey! How many days has it been?”
“How long has it been?”
“It's been a while. How come there's no news?”
“How can you still think about these things?”
“It's been ages. He still hasn't come?”