既然已经到这儿了
“Since we are already here,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前面就是卢城了
“Lucheng is just ahead.”
既然 已经 到这儿 了
“Since we are already here,”
有些事情
“there are some things”
“Now that we are here, we can no longer avoid talking about the real issue.”
In Chinese narrative and interpersonal dynamics, sensitive topics are often introduced only when a critical geographical or chronological threshold has been crossed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
now that / since (something has happened)
Commonly used to state an established fact or completed action to justify the next move.
arrived here
A natural everyday phrase indicating arrival at a physical location or a metaphorical stage.
Marks completed change of state or arrival at a new stage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Since we've come this far,”
“By the time we got here, they had already left.”
“We've already come this far.”