这都过去好几日了 她迟迟未来
“But it's been days, and she still hasn't shown up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我那个苍北的朋友 本来我们约好了见面的
“It's about my friend from Cangbei. We had agreed to meet.”
这都过去好几日了 她 迟迟未来
“But it's been days, and she still hasn't shown up.”
我将京城的所有客栈寻了个遍
“I searched all the inns in the capital,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical China without telecommunications, an unkept appointment lasting multiple days usually signaled danger, prompting urgent searches.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
several days have already passed
Emphasizes that too much time has elapsed beyond what was expected.
still haven't ... after a long delay
A semi-formal written/spoken chunk indicating an action has been delayed or failed to materialize.
Emphasizes the elapsed duration and the completion of the time period.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's been so long. She's late, right?”
“It was all so long ago.”
“I haven't seen her for a very long time. Have you visited where she used to live?”
“It's been a while. How come there's no news?”
“It's been so long since this happened.”
“That's all behind me now. Yeah.”