事出必有因
“There's a reason for everything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
判死
“Execute her!”
事出必有因
“There's a reason for everything.”
“You risked your life to do all this.”
“Stop pretending this was random; tell me what drove you to do this.”
Chinese interpersonal rhetoric often appeals to objective principles of cause and effect to corner an opponent into acknowledging their underlying purpose.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
everything happens for a reason / there is a cause behind every effect
A common idiomatic formulation used when investigating strange behavior, crimes, or unexpected events.