昨夜酉时
“Where were you during the You hour?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没有啊
“I didn't do it!”
昨夜酉时
“Where were you during the You hour?”
你在何处
“Where were you during the You hour?”
“Don't deny it; account for your movements at this exact hour.”
In traditional Chinese judicial procedures, magistrates strictly interrogated suspects based on specific two-hour segments (Shichen) to break false alibis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the hour of the Rooster (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
Refers to the 10th of the twelve traditional Chinese two-hour periods, frequently encountered in historical or period drama contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“late You hour last night.”
“During the late Xu hour last night,”
“Near the end of the Xu hour.”
“Shouldn't it be early morning there right now?”
“the night before last, you were at Mingguang Temple”
“About one or two AM.”