并且扔入香炉之中
“let alone throw it into the incense burner?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“drag a corpse to the front courtyard,”
并且扔入香炉 之 中
“let alone throw it into the incense burner?”
定有帮手
“She must've had help.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Large metal or ceramic incense burners were standard fixtures in courtyards and halls in ancient China, large enough to conceal or destroy small items of evidence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
throw into / toss into
A formal, written or dramatic spoken compound combining the action verb '扔' with the directional preposition '入'.
incense burner / censer
A noun referring to traditional incense vessels commonly found in temples, shrines, or ancient residences.
in / inside / within
A formal locative particle equivalent to '里面', placed after a noun to indicate interior location.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“a joss stick that wasn't extinguished in time”
“Use incense and smoke it daily.”
“Burn incense to offer to the heavens.”
“So Bai Zhi struck him”
“Then the ashes drifted away with the wind,”
“they hid Master Shenguan's body in a load of firewood.”