上学那会儿跟他打过架
“I fought with him back in school.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有印象
“I remember him.”
上学那会儿 跟他 打过架
“I fought with him back in school.”
真是他干的
“So it really was him?”
“I know what kind of guy he is—he's always been prone to violence.”
In casual Chinese storytelling, youthful fistfights are often referenced as a benchmark to gauge a person's underlying grit, temper, or character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back in school / during student days
A very natural northern spoken idiom used to reminisce about one's school years.
got into a physical fight
A standard colloquial expression denoting past physical scuffles.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I only felt that once back in school.”
“He used to wail on me when I was a kid.”
“He got slapped at noon today. Then he just climbed over the wall and left the school.”
“I grew up with him.”
“He's never been able to out-argue you since childhood.”
“He was so mad that he threw things around that time.”