苍蝇 早扔了
“We threw them away a long time ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
苍蝇呢
“Where are the flies?”
苍蝇 早扔了
“We threw them away a long time ago.”
“Well, take your time looking. I'll take my leave.”
“Stop asking me about it, I want nothing to do with this and I'm leaving.”
In spoken Chinese, pairing a curt factual dismissal with a quick change of topic or departure is a standard tactic to avoid complicity or conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
threw it away long ago
Combines 早 (long since) with an action verb and 了 to emphasize that an action is firmly in the past.
Marks the completion of the action and signals a changed state regarding the object's presence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The flies must have flown in through the passage ahead.”
“Even flies look like meat to you now? I need to hit my targets.”
“I've had enough of these cheap joints.”
“Two annoying flies.”
“I'm quite good at swatting flies.”
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