就是辛辛苦苦这么多年
“I worked so hard all these years,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the password was wrong. Whatever.”
就是 辛辛苦苦 这么多年
“I worked so hard all these years,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Enduring hardship (吃苦) is culturally expected to yield rewards; when years of sacrifice lead to ruin, it represents the ultimate emotional tragedy in Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
painstakingly; toiling with great effort and hardship
An AABB reduplicated adjective/adverb emphasizing prolonged labor and sacrifice.
all these years; so many years
Commonly placed after actions to emphasize enduring duration and accumulated sacrifice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They poured everything they had into me for over twenty years.”
“I've spent years carefully working toward this!”
“We've been working so hard for so long.”
“plus the medicine you went through so much trouble”
“We've been through so much in Shenzhen all these years,”