要么就在房间早早等候
“or was waiting inside.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The killer either followed him in”
要么 就在房间早早等候
“or was waiting inside.”
厨房里的菜刀少了一把
“A kitchen knife is missing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese investigative dialogues often construct scenarios sequentially using parallel syntactical markers like '要么' to weigh criminal possibilities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
either... or...
Used to introduce exclusive hypotheses or alternatives during reasoning.
well in advance / very early
Reduplicated adjective used adverbially to emphasize doing something far ahead of time.