早该了 早该这样了
“I should have done it a long time ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟我叔侄相称
“in outsiders' presence before today.”
早该 了 早该这样 了
“I should have done it a long time ago.”
对了
“Oh right.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using kinship titles like uncle and nephew instead of formal social honorifics deepens mutual loyalty and formalizes personal warmth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should have long ago
A colloquial formula used to strongly affirm an action that was overdue or should have happened earlier.
Emphasizes the realization of a delayed state that is finally acknowledged.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How great is this? You should've talked like this long ago.”
“You should've broken up a long time ago. You two were never right for each other.”
“You two sisters should have been this close long ago.”
“it's high time we had a decent office.”