我还不知道 你那么长时间没离开公司
“I wouldn't know you had stayed here for so long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不是保安跟我说
“If the security guard hadn't told me,”
我 还不知道 你 那么长时间 没 离开公司
“I wouldn't know you had stayed here for so long.”
你这样不行啊
“You can't do so.”
“You are working yourself to death behind my back, and I am worried about you.”
In Chinese workplace culture, extreme overtime is common, and caring colleagues or superiors often express concern by gently scolding each other for neglecting their health.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I wouldn't even have known / I had no idea
Often follows a '要不是...' (if it weren't for...) clause in the previous turn to emphasize that the speaker was kept in the dark.
such a long time
Used in everyday speech to emphasize the excessive duration of an action or state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you tell me when you went out?”
“It's not time to leave.”
“But after all these years at the company, you still don't know what you want.”