她不能长时间待在这地窖里
“She can't stay in this cellar for too long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
长宁有哮症
“Changning has asthma.”
她 不能 长时间 待在 这地窖里
“She can't stay in this cellar for too long.”
她姐把她藏在安全的地方了
“Changyu has hidden her in a safe place.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese wellness thinking, cold and damp subterranean spaces like cellars are believed to quickly worsen chronic respiratory issues such as asthma.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for a long period of time
Acts as an adverbial or complement specifying extended duration in spoken Chinese.
to stay in; to remain at
A very common everyday structure describing lingering or dwelling in a specific location.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feared that trapping them here too long”
“he'd freeze to death in the ice cellar?”
“We won't be in the room for much time.”
“You can't stay outside all night, can you?”
“It's not appropriate for you to stay here.”
“He can't always lie in there.”