你爸爸都走了一年了
“It's already been a year since your father passed away.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真快啊
“Time truly flies.”
你爸爸 都走 了一年了
“It's already been a year since your father passed away.”
我要是看到他 我就会告诉老蒋头
“If I could see him, I'd tell Jiang”
“Your father passed away a year ago, so seeing him is either impossible or a ghost story.”
Saying '走了' instead of '死了' softens the taboo and emotional sting surrounding death, showing sensitivity toward the bereaved.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already ... (emphasizing time or extent)
Used to underline that more time has passed than expected or that a milestone has definitely arrived.
passed away; departed
A standard and gentle euphemism used in spoken Chinese to refer to someone dying.
Marks an updated state or emphasizes the completion of a duration of time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My father passed away too.”
“Your father has probably already left,”
“I haven't seen him in a year.”
“Moreover, his father's incident happened so many years ago.”
“Dad will no longer be in this world.”
“My father passed away too early.”