这一眨眼这么长时间没见了
“It's been so long since we last met.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是 我挺好的
“I'm doing well.”
这 一眨眼 这么长时间 没见 了
“It's been so long since we last met.”
那
“Well...”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Remarking on how swiftly time has flown is a traditional and courteous formula in Chinese small talk to show sincere interest and affection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the blink of an eye; in a flash
A natural spoken phrase used to express how surprisingly fast time has flown.
haven't seen each other for a long time
Standard conversational icebreaker when running into an acquaintance.
Indicates a change of state and completion of the elapsed time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I haven't seen you in a long time.”
“It's been a long time since we met.”
“We haven't seen each other for a long time.”
“It disappeared in the blink of an eye.”
“It's been 7 years since we last met, which was at your graduation.”
“And now, in the blink of an eye,”
“(I just realized) (that somewhere along the way...)”
“In the blink of an eye,”
“We hadn't spoken in over three years.”
“We haven't seen each other in so many years.”