次次催他打回城报告 总有各种理由
“Whenever I urged him to come back to the city, he always had all kinds of excuses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I thought you two were doing great before this. It's been over a year since I returned to the city.”
次次 催他打 回城 报告 总有 各种 理由
“Whenever I urged him to come back to the city, he always had all kinds of excuses.”
我一赌气就跟他说 如果你再不回来我就找别人过了
“Out of spite, I told him that I would find another boyfriend if he didn't come back.”
“He doesn't really want to come back to me; he is just stringing me along with excuses.”
In post-Cultural Revolution China, 'returning to the city' (回城) required formal political petitions and bureaucratic approval, frequently causing severe geographical and marital strain for educated youth (Zhiqing).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every single time
A spoken reduplication of 次 emphasizing the repetitive and exasperating nature of an occurrence.
all kinds of excuses / all sorts of reasons
Often carries a dismissive or critical connotation implying that the reasons offered are mere pretexts.
