咱俩前前后后 也纠缠了十几年
“The two of us have been entangled for over a decade.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
知道
“I know.”
咱俩 前前后后 也 纠缠 了 十几年
“The two of us have been entangled for over a decade.”
李青娥 张光荣 这些人来了又走
“Li Qing'e, Zhang Guangrong... they came and went.”
“We've been through so much together over the years; we can't easily shake each other off.”
Protracted emotional entanglement across decades is often perceived through the lens of deep karmic affinity (yuanfen), where people feel bound together regardless of hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
altogether; from beginning to end; over the whole course
Used in spoken Chinese to emphasize the total duration or thoroughness of an ongoing period or ordeal.
to be entangled with; to pester or be mutually bound up with
Commonly used to describe emotionally complicated, unresolved personal or romantic ties.
Marks the completion and ongoing accumulation of a significant duration (over ten years).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The two of us worked together for years.”
“In consideration of our relationship for a dozen of years, we've already been like a family”