以前 每次碰到你的时候
“Whenever I met you back then”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
沈谢秩
“Shen Xiezhi.”
以前 每次 碰到 你 的时候
“Whenever I met you back then”
叫你的大名
“and called you by your full name,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling someone by their full official name (大名) can signify distance, formality, or teasing intimacy among close peers in Chinese relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every time I run into you
A common temporal clause used to introduce recurring past habits or shared memories.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's just that last time I saw you, you didn't look so good.”
“When we were kids, I had bad luck whenever I ran into you.”
“When I first met you,”
“For approaching you that way back then.”
“And then I met you.”
“Until I met you.”