不是 这都多长时间了
“How long has it been?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爸 您别着急
“Dad, please do not worry.”
不是 这都多长时间了
“How long has it been?”
是啊
“I know.”
“Don't tell me to calm down; something must be wrong if it is taking this long.”
Starting a sentence with '不是' in spoken Chinese does not mean literal negation, but acts as a conversational pivot to push back against a preceding remark with impatience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how long has it been already?
Used rhetorically to emphasize that an excessive amount of time has elapsed.
Indicates the ongoing accumulation of time up to the present moment, underscoring the excessive delay.