交往了很多年很多年 很多年的男朋友
“a boyfriend for many years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我有一个
“I had”
交往了很多年 很多年 很多年的 男朋友
“a boyfriend for many years.”
那个人是蒋诚吧
“That was Jiang Cheng, right?”
“We have a really deep history together; he's not just some casual fling.”
In Chinese dating culture, dating for 'many years' carries heavy social expectations of marriage and deep familial entanglement, making such relationships emotionally monumental.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to date; to be in a romantic relationship
A standard, slightly more serious verb for dating someone steadily, as opposed to casual hanging out.
many years
Often repeated in spoken Chinese to emotionally emphasize the long passage of time.
Marks the completion or ongoing duration of the action 'dating' up to a certain point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've known each other for decades.”
“It's been years. Stop wasting your effort.”
“So many years have passed.”
“I thought I wanted him out of my life.”
“She's a good person and has worked here for years. So after all that, you also think Ms. Xiao's cooking is awful,”
“You've been together for so many years. That wasn't easy.”