你现在回来得是越来越晚了
“you've been coming home later and later lately.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老赵
“Zhao,”
你现在 回来 得是 越来越晚 了
“you've been coming home later and later lately.”
忙完店里的事 跟龚怀聪开完会
“After finishing work at the café and having meetings with Gong Huaicong,”
“You are neglecting our home and spending too much time outside; what is really going on?”
In Chinese domestic culture, regular late returns without prior notice disrupt family harmony and often trigger spousal suspicion or resentment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
later and later
Used with the pattern '越来越 + adjective' to indicate a gradual escalation over time.
Indicates a new state or a worsening trend that has now reached a noticeable threshold.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you back so late today?”
“Why are you back so late today?”
“Doggie. Why did you come back late today?”
“and came home very late every day.”