他从小跟我一起长大的
“He grew up with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我应该把他接回来
“I should bring him back.”
他 从小 跟我一起 长大的
“He grew up with me.”
“I should bring him home, right?”
“He's like a brother to me, so I cannot just leave him out there.”
In Chinese culture, growing up together creates an indelible moral obligation to protect and support one another in times of need.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
from childhood; since one was little
A staple adverbial placed before a predicate to indicate habits or relationships originating in early youth.
to grow up together
Denotes lifelong companionship and sibling-like closeness between friends or relatives.
Functions in a 'shi...de' construction to emphatically affirm the factual background and foundation of their relationship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I grew up with him.”
“we grew up together.”
“She and I grew up together.”
“We grew up together.”
“We grew up together,”
“Growing up together—”
“He grew up by my side,”