我这都讲了一天一夜了
“I've been talking for a whole day and night.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
卫大小姐
“Miss Wei,”
我这都 讲了一天一夜 了
“I've been talking for a whole day and night.”
而且我这该说的 不该说的 我全都跟你讲了
“And I've already told you everything, even what I shouldn't have.”
“I have told you everything I know, please let me go.”
Emphasizing physical and mental depletion (such as enduring sleepless interrogation) is a common communicative strategy in Chinese to justify refusing further compliance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a whole day and night / around the clock
A common temporal idiom used to emphasize continuous, exhausting duration without rest.
I have already... (look at my state)
Used spoken at the beginning of a complaint to draw attention to one's present predicament.
Marks the completion of an extended time duration, conveying fatigue and finality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Even a day and a night wouldn't be enough.”
“we got so excited, stayed on the phone all night long.”
“It's just been one night,”
“It's been two hours.”
“You're gone for a full day today, sending back no word.”
“You're gone for a full day today, sending back no word.”