这一晃十几年过去了
“More than ten years have passed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不相信这一切是真实存在的
“I couldn't believe any of it was real.”
这一晃 十几年 过去了
“More than ten years have passed.”
有时间
“When you have time,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese culture places deep philosophical weight on the fleeting nature of time and the sudden realization of aging or enduring hardships across decades.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a flash / in the blink of an eye
A poetic yet common spoken adverb used to describe time passing deceptively quickly.
over ten years have passed
A standard phrase for expressing temporal passage during retrospective conversations.
Indicates a completed change of state, underscoring the finality and realization of elapsed time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“More than 10 years have passed in a flash.”
“So many years have passed.”
“So many years have passed.”
“Now so much time has passed, almost half a lifetime.”
“Six years have passed in a blink of an eye.”
“Now, your mother has passed away for 21 years.”