也有八十遍了吧
“I've said it at least eighty times, if not a hundred.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没有一百遍
“I've said it at least eighty times, if not a hundred.”
也有八十遍了吧
“I've said it at least eighty times, if not a hundred.”
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu were the principals.”
“I know this file inside out; we've gone over it countless times.”
Colloquial Chinese frequently relies on large round numbers (like 80 or 100 times) not for factual counting, but to dramatize thoroughness or tedium.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must be at least... by now
Use this pattern to make an emphatic yet approximate estimate about frequency or quantity.
eighty times
Used colloquially as hyperbole to stress that something has been repeated an immense number of times.
Indicates a newly completed benchmark or change of state up to the current point.
Softens the assertion into an educated guess or consensus-seeking estimate.
