我们刚才 都观察半天了
“We've been observing you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小李石 只要我在这儿 什么都不准动 什么
“Li Shi, as long as I'm around, you'd better not touch a thing. What?”
我们刚才 都 观察半天 了
“We've been observing you.”
裴总 我觉得你很护着下属 老林 颇有你当年的
“Mr. Pei, you're so defensive of your employees. Lin, he resembles you”
“Don't bother making excuses; we've seen everything you did.”
In Chinese business and interpersonal dynamics, people often observe quietly before intervening to gauge character and loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
observing for quite a long time
Use '半天' figuratively to emphasize an extended duration of watching or waiting.
Marks an action that has already accumulated over a period of time up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've been here quite a while.”
“I've been watching you.”
“I've been watching here all day. There are always people”