你多长时间没洗澡了 身上难闻得很 你知道不
“how long has it been since you showered? Do you know you smell awful?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
薛桂生
“Xue Guisheng,”
你 多长时间没洗澡 了 身上 难闻 得很 你知道不
“how long has it been since you showered? Do you know you smell awful?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The usage of regional forms like '你知道不' reflects direct, unvarnished communication common in close or blue-collar northern Chinese contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how long has it been since...
Standard pattern to inquire or complain about the duration since an action last occurred.
smells terribly bad / extremely stinky
A colloquial structure 'Adj + 得很' meaning 'extremely Adj'.
don't you know? / you know that?
Colloquial northern question form equivalent to 你知道不知道.
Indicates the duration up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wasn't it because he took a shower and caught a chill, hence while he was going on rounds,”
“and has not visited for some time.”
“I can't believe they did this. For what? Excuse me. Do you know the person who lives here?”