这往年过年 都是咱们一家三口过年 是是是
“In previous years, it was always just the three of us celebrating the New Year. Yes, yes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来
“Here.”
这往年 过年 都是咱们 一家三口 过年 是是是
“In previous years, it was always just the three of us celebrating the New Year. Yes, yes.”
今年多了一个人
“This year we have one more person.”
“Our dynamic is changing now that someone new has joined our intimate family circle.”
Chinese New Year dinner represents the sacred core of family unity; adding an outsider (such as a partner or prospective in-law) signifies significant acceptance into the kinship group.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in previous years / former years
Used in spoken or written Chinese to set up a temporal contrast with the present year.
a family of three
The standard fixed collocation in modern Chinese representing the nuclear family unit (parents and child).