距离京城也有千里之遥
“a thousand miles away from the capital.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
东游军的驻地
“The Dongyou Army is stationed”
距离京城 也有 千里之遥
“a thousand miles away from the capital.”
李校尉去过
“Have you been to that restaurant?”
“It is extremely remote, so it is unusual and impressive that Captain Li has actually been there.”
Traditional Chinese historical narratives sharply contrast the political center of the capital with remote, harsh border garrisons located 'thousands of li away'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thousands of miles away, vast distance
A literary four-character expression used to emphasize extreme geographical separation.
separated from ... by a distance of ...
A classic structure used to formally state great distances between two places.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“living in such a remote place.”
“This place is quite far from the city center.”
“However, the capital spans over a hundred li—”
“was finally within reach.”
“We're still far from the highway.”
“But for us poor kids, we can only watch from very,”