我已经有十年没有回过京城了
“I haven't been back to the capital for ten years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
以我的身手 完全可以保四妹妹平安 二是
“with my skills, I can fully ensure her safety. Secondly,”
我已经 有 十年 没有 回过京城 了
“I haven't been back to the capital for ten years.”
我想
“I wish...”
“I really want to go, and after ten whole years away, you should let me visit.”
In historical China, moving or being stationed away from the imperial capital for years often carried a strong sense of exile or prolonged homesickness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have not returned to
Used to describe an experience that has not occurred over a specific timeframe.
Functions as a sentence-final particle expressing a state that has persisted up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Glowing Bloom] to go back to the capital in a few days.”
“Now, I just hope to return to the capital soon”
“It is time to return to the Capital”
“I remember you said before that you can't leave the capital,”
“whatever happens in the Capital won't concern me anymore.”
“leave the capital soon.”