他们这离离合合都四五回了
“They've divorced and gotten back together multiple times.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那起诉书不是你写的吗
“Didn't you write the Statement of Claim?”
他们这 离离合合 都 四五回 了
“They've divorced and gotten back together multiple times.”
这次又是为什么
“What is it this time?”
“Don't take their dramatic divorce filing too seriously; they always make up anyway.”
In Chinese social conversations, repeatedly breaking up and making up is often treated with weary cynicism by legal professionals and peers as performative emotional drama.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
repeated breakups and reconciliations
An ABAB reduplication emphasizing the exhausting, on-and-off nature of an unstable relationship.
four or five times
Colloquial way to indicate frequent repetition of an event.
Indicates that the count of reconciliations has accumulated to this high number up to the present moment.
