打小就没离开过徽州啊
“hadn't left Huizhou since she was little.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的小祯娘啊
“My little Zhen”
打小 就 没离开过 徽州啊
“hadn't left Huizhou since she was little.”
这一去又那么久
“Yet she's been gone for so long this time.”
“She is totally inexperienced out in the world, and I cannot bear to let her go.”
In traditional Chinese culture, someone who has 'never left home since youth' is viewed as especially fragile when facing the perils of travelling outside their ancestral county.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since childhood; from an early age
Colloquial oral equivalent of 从小, frequently heard in regional and intimate family speech.
has ever departed from; has ever left
Combines 离开 (to leave) with the experiential marker 过.
Softens the declaration into an emotional sigh, underscoring sorrow and pity.