都多长时间了 早分了
“It's been ages. We broke up long ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都多长时间了 早分了
“It's been ages. We broke up long ago.”
分了
“- Broke up? - What did he say?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Among close peers in urban China, breakups are often disclosed casually without dramatic emotional pretense once adequate time has passed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it has already been so long
Used colloquially to express that something happened a long time ago and the listener's information is hopelessly out of date.
broke up a long time ago
A very succinct, informal way to state that a romantic breakup occurred far back in the past.
Indicates a completed change of state and reinforces the speaker's sense of time having elapsed.
