待了没一星期 就跑回来了
“but she came back in less than a week.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
天天窝在家里头 好不容易去趟外婆家
“in summer vacation. Rarely, she went to her grandma's home,”
待了没一星期 就 跑回来 了
“but she came back in less than a week.”
我去写生 那帮小孩天天缠着我 把我画都撕了
“I went there for sketching, but those kids haunted me every day and even tore my drawings.”
“You could barely last a few days before giving up and rushing home.”
Visiting extended family like grandparents during breaks is an expected family duty, but younger generations often find it stifling or inconvenient compared to their personal routines.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stayed less than a week
Use '没 + time period' in colloquial speech to highlight that an event lasted for an unexpectedly short duration.
rushed back / came running back
Conveys a sense of hasty retreat rather than a scheduled, orderly return.
Marks the completion of staying for that specific brief time period.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why hasn't Jianjian come back?”
“I've only just come back, and now I'm leaving again.”
“Why aren't you back yet?”
“It's been a long time since he left.”
“But before long, she came back again and started causing trouble.”
“Why hasn't he come back for so long?”