绕了半天找不到
“I walked around for a long time but couldn't find it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不好意思 不好意思 我停好车之后 迷路了
“I'm so sorry! After I parked my car, I got lost.”
绕了半天 找不到
“I walked around for a long time but couldn't find it.”
你们女孩子
“Girls usually”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Mandarin speakers often use '半天' figuratively to exaggerate an uncomfortably long duration rather than an actual half-day.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wandered around in circles for a long time
A common colloquial idiom used when someone gets lost or takes an unnecessarily circuitous route.
unable to find
Standard resultative verb complement pattern expressing failure to locate something.