那个时候你还没出生呢 那我就希望我再大个几岁
“You weren't even born yet. Then I wish I were a few years older,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我真希望当时就认识你
“I really wish I had met you back then.”
那个 时候你 还没出生 呢 那我就 希望 我 再大个几岁
“You weren't even born yet. Then I wish I were a few years older,”
“so when your mom brought you here,”
“I care about you so much that I wish I could have witnessed every single stage of your life.”
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not even born yet
Used playfully or teasingly to highlight a significant age or generation gap.
a few years older
Colloquial way to specify being older by a small number of years.
Emphasizes the existing background fact with a gentle, conversational tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How old were you back then?”
“Even before I was born, he was already a jerk.”
“How old were you? How old are you now?”
“Hey! How old are you? So rude!”
“I should have come to see you sooner.”
“How did she know it was a boy”