前几天他来信说
“He wrote a few days ago,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll report to you as soon as there is any news.”
前几天他 来信说
“He wrote a few days ago,”
镇守白家宅 对 可是 你看 这大场都丢了 那
“saying he was guarding the Bai Family Residence. Yes. But, look, Dachang has been lost. Then,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Subordinates reporting sensitive operational matters typically cite primary evidence like recent letters to remain precise and avoid personal liability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a few days ago
A very standard temporal phrase used in everyday spoken Chinese to refer to recent past events.
wrote in a letter saying
Standard collocation used to report or quote contents from received correspondence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“His last letter was six months ago.”
“What did you say to me before?”
“I explained it to him before.”
“You once told me, Master,”
“I'm looking for a letter from seven days ago.”
“I've told you this before.”