干了没多久
“Not long after he started,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他跑去黑窑里挖煤
“he went to work in an illegal coal pit.”
干了没多久
“Not long after he started,”
他开始
“his hands”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese spoken narratives frequently use succinct temporal phrases like '干了没多久' to build momentum before introducing a turning point or conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not long after / shortly after
Used to describe an event happening shortly after another action in oral storytelling.