结果又全部都被退回来了
“But they were all returned.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
两年前你退休的时候 把这些信都寄出去了
“When you retired two years ago, you sent out all these letters.”
结果 又全部都被 退回来了
“But they were all returned.”
后来我去户籍科里查了一下
“Later, I checked with the registry.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In China, checking the local household registration office (Hujike) is the traditional and official bureaucratic method for tracing people whose addresses have changed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as a result; in the end
Used at the beginning of a clause to introduce the final outcome, often an unexpected or undesirable one.
to be returned back
A directional complement phrase commonly used for mail, deliveries, or rejected items.
Marks the completion of an action or a finalized state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But it all came to nothing.”
“and now we're back to me.”
“But not a single person accepted.”
“but the outcome was still the same.”
“can't be unsaid.”
“but still didn't make it in time.”