他俩打小一块长大
“They grew up together.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是我瞧着 小荣大爷 好像跟二姑娘更亲近些
“But from what I can see, he seems closer to the second young lady.”
他俩 打小 一块长大
“They grew up together.”
自然是比跟我 更亲厚一些
“Of course he's closer to her than to me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Growing up together in a joint family courtyard creates uniquely tight personal bonds that often override formal kinship rankings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since childhood; from an early age
A very common northern spoken colloquialism equivalent to 从小.
grew up together
Common expression to describe childhood companions or siblings who spent their formative years together.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“...grew up together.”
“catch them cheating back then—”
“They're my fellow military men,”
“Both of them were too good at fighting.”
“They hit Huihui.”
“They've been close friends since childhood.”
“They've been inseparable since childhood.”