您坐 这件事情已经过去很长时间了
“Have a seat. This incident happened quite a while ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您好
“Hello.”
您坐 这件事情 已经 过去 很长时间了
“Have a seat. This incident happened quite a while ago.”
你们怎么还在调查呀
“Why are you still investigating?”
“Please sit, but honestly, why are you digging up something that happened so long ago?”
Even when feeling uneasy about an investigation, Chinese speakers customarily offer hospitality first ('您坐') before raising objections.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a long time has passed
Useful for pointing out that an issue is dated or no longer relevant.
please take a seat
A polite host phrase combining the honorific pronoun 您 with the verb.
Indicates a completed change of state, emphasizing that time has elapsed.
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 has been so many years.”
“I want to say that the past few weeks”
“T-This was many years ago.”
“It's just that it's been a long time.”