那事之后 我专门回来过一次
“After that incident, I came back here once.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Here. Actually, I felt really awkward at first too.”
那事之后 我 专门回来过 一次
“After that incident, I came back here once.”
那次我站在门口站了好久 才敢进来
“That time, I stood outside the door for ages before I dared to come in.”
“I never just walked away and forgot about it; it weighed on me so much that I came back just for this.”
Chinese speakers often avoid explicitly naming past conflicts or embarrassing events in reconciliation talks, using vague demonstrative phrases to protect both parties' emotional comfort.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after that incident / after what happened
A common spoken way to indirectly refer to a sensitive, awkward, or well-known past event without naming it explicitly.
specially / on purpose / making a special trip
Used before a verb to emphasize that an action was done solely for a specific purpose, highlighting the speaker's effort or sincerity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So, if anything happens, I'll have to go find you?”
“Let me handle it. You can come back after this is over. But remember,”