可近半年来失踪的百姓越来越多
“But over the past half year, the numbers have surged.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可近半年来失踪的百姓越来越多
“But over the past half year, the numbers have surged.”
“This is getting completely out of hand, and we cannot dismiss it as ordinary disappearances anymore.”
In traditional Chinese official narratives, widespread disappearance of ordinary citizens signals serious administrative or supernatural breakdown requiring urgent intervention.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
over the past half year / in the last six months
A useful time phrase to introduce a trend or shift that occurred in the recent six months.
more and more / increasingly more
Use this pattern before a noun or after a predicate to express an increasing trend.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“More and more border villagers have been going missing.”
“heard villagers were disappearing.”
“Lately, many young men have gone missing.”
“have gone missing again recently.”