还从来没有这种表情过
“You've never had this expression coming home before.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您回家
“You've never had this expression coming home before.”
还 从来没有 这种 表情 过
“You've never had this expression coming home before.”
什么表情
“What expression?”
“Something unusual must have happened for you to look like that.”
Paying close attention to minute facial and emotional shifts in others is a prized social awareness skill in Chinese interactions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never before / has yet to ever
Used to emphasize an unprecedented event, behavior, or reaction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Never!”
“I've never seen this happen before.”
“Never have we quarreled with anyone.”
“You've never suffered this kind of insult.”
“(in her eyes before.)”
“But I never thought”