你已经走了两年了
“you've been gone for two years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
风儿
“Feng,”
你 已经 走了两年了
“you've been gone for two years.”
现在显儿
“From now on,”
“Two years have passed, but I still miss you every single day.”
Chinese speakers frequently use '走' (to walk/leave) rather than '死' (to die) out of respect and to mitigate the harsh finality of death.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
passed away; departed
A gentle, standard euphemism used in place of 'died' (死了) to soften the emotional blow.
Marks the completion of a duration of time and underlines the enduring emotional state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“More than a year has passed.”
“Over 20 years passed in a flash”
“it's been 20 years, right?”
“Ten years have passed, yet you've barely grown.”
“New Year's Eve is over. You can leave now.”
“You moved in”