下午就回了 先回了趟家
“Got back this afternoon. I dropped by my place first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Did you just get back from Jiangxi?”
下午就回了 先回了 趟家
“Got back this afternoon. I dropped by my place first.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Casual questions about returning from travel ('刚从...回来啊') are routine phatic pleasantries in China, often answered with detailed yet relaxed timelines.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already came back / returned as early as
The adverb '就' emphasizes that the action happened earlier than the listener assumed.
made a trip back home
A colloquial verbal-measure phrase ('趟') used to denote a quick or single visit.
Indicates completed actions in the past.