你说死者至少死了半年之久
“You said the deceased had been dead at least half a year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
楚楚
“Chu Chu.”
你说死者至少死了半年之久
“You said the deceased had been dead at least half a year.”
那就是去年冬
“So that would be last winter.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historical Chinese coroner procedures (Wu Zuo) rely heavily on precise post-mortem decay assessments to deduce the historical date and season of death.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at least
Used before quantities or time spans to set a minimum threshold.
as long as / for the duration of
A formal written or formal spoken suffix attached to time periods to emphasize their substantial duration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“has been dead for eight years.”
“So he hadn't changed yet”
“she has been dead for fourteen hours.”
“Time of death? About an hour ago.”
“is either already dead,”
“I should've died ten years ago.”