我花了15年时间
“It took me 15 years…”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是他亲手杀死了皇室亲王 他罪行凿凿 杀他不冤
“He killed an imperial prince with his own hands! His guilt is clear. Killing him isn't wrong!”
我 花了15年时间
“It took me 15 years…”
才想起那段记忆
“to remember that part.”
“I did not come this far over fifteen agonizing years just to let it go now.”
In traditional Chinese revenge stories, the passage of decades does not dilute duty; instead, enduring long years of suffering legitimizes and elevates the righteousness of the payback.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
spent / took ... amount of time
The standard grammatical pattern for expressing the expenditure of time or effort on an endeavor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“at the Purong Hotel.”
“My question cost you 15 years of your life,”
“You didn't have to wait for 15 years.”
“It's been 17 years.”
“It has been 17 years.”
“More than a year has passed.”