这事情 都过去这么多年了
“it has been so many years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小梅
“Mei,”
这事情 都过去这么多年了
“it has been so many years.”
你就别为难自己了
“Don't be too hard on yourself.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese social counseling strongly advises achieving reconciliation (shihuai) with past family tragedies once significant time has elapsed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
has already passed; is all in the past
Commonly used to persuade someone to move on from previous trauma or mistakes.
so many years
Emphasizes the long passage of time to highlight that lingering guilt is unnecessary.
Marks the completed transition of time, underscoring that the event is definitively in the past.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was all so long ago.”
“It's been so long since this happened.”
“It's just that it's been a long time.”
“Have a seat. This incident happened quite a while ago.”
“Moreover, his father's incident happened so many years ago.”
“but it is an old story now. Why bring it up again?”
“That's all bygones.”
“that's water under the bridge.”
“let's leave last year where it belongs— in the past.”