Why this sentence is wrong ?

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Snowandcloud

#230787 Wed, 31 May 06 08:51 AM

Sometimes i heard some people said "long time long see"such as this sentence .I think it is a Chinese-English .Though i know it is wrong ,i do not know why this sentence is wrong ?Some reasons of grammar or other else ?

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nona the brit

#230796 Wed, 31 May 06 09:05 AM

the correct idiom is 'long time, no see'. It just means you haven't seen someone for a long time.

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Marius Hancu

#231135 Wed, 31 May 06 11:05 PM

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long time no see

It's been a long time since we met, as in Hi Bob! Long time no
see. This jocular imitation of broken English originated in the pidgin
English used in Chinese and Western exchange. [Late 1800s]
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