我从小喝到大的 一闻便知
“I grew up drinking it, so I could recognize it from the smell alone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我娘熬汤 就喜欢在里面放陈皮 黄芪
“When my mother makes soup, she likes to add tangerine peel and astragalus.”
我 从小 喝到大的 一闻便知
“I grew up drinking it, so I could recognize it from the smell alone.”
“You have a good nose. Of course.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culinary tradition, herbal tonic soups made with ingredients like dried tangerine peel and astragalus are common domestic remedies tied deeply to motherly care and childhood memories.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
drank it all through childhood / grew up drinking it
A common pattern '从小...到大' describing habits, tastes, or experiences that span one's entire life.
to know immediately just by smelling
A semi-formal four-character idiom useful for describing acute senses or deep familiarity with an aroma.
Functions within the '是...的' construction to assert and emphasize the established past reality.
