这可是我好不容易 从当地游商那边寻得的
“I went through a lot of trouble to get this from a local traveling merchant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这是您之前嘱咐我 给翠俏姐置办的东阿阿胶
“This is the ejiao you told me to buy for Cuiqiao.”
这可是 我 好不容易 从当地游商那边寻得的
“I went through a lot of trouble to get this from a local traveling merchant.”
如今年关将至 这个东西呀 可真难找 好
“With the end of the year approaching, this stuff is really hard to find. Alright.”
“I went through a lot of trouble to get this for you, so please recognize my dedication.”
In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, emphasizing how scarce an item is or how much trouble it took to acquire is a common way for subordinates or gift-givers to show deep sincerity and loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this is definitely / mind you, this is
Used at the beginning of a sentence to draw special attention to the importance, rarity, or value of something.
with great difficulty / hard-won
Placed before a verb to stress that an action took a lot of effort to accomplish.
Forms part of an emphatic 'shi... de' construction, stressing the specific manner and source of how the item was obtained.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ Oh, special night ♪ It took me great effort to bring it out into the open.”
“I fought so hard to get here.”
“I finally can take a day off to get more sleep.”
“You came all this way. I...”
“It took me forever to track you down.”
“I finally got this opportunity.”