四百年来 从未体会过五感
“(For 400 years,) (I've never had five senses.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我即生即死
“(I'm alive and dead.)”
四百年来 从未体会 过五感
“(For 400 years,) (I've never had five senses.)”
“(I thought I'd never) (know how it felt to be alive.)”
“I existed like an empty shell for centuries until you came into my world.”
A common motif in Chinese Xianxia/fantasy narratives where immortal beings lack human sensory experiences until awakened by mortal emotional connections.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never; never once
A formal and emphatic literary adverb used in place of 从来没 to emphasize that an event has never occurred.
the five physical senses
Refers collectively to sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, frequently used in fantasy or philosophical discussions.
Functions as a temporal suffix indicating duration spanning up to the present moment.
