可能已经金蝉脱壳
“(may already have slipped away.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(And the one behind it, You Chen'an,)”
可 能 已经 金蝉脱壳
“(may already have slipped away.)”
“(I would give my life to keep Chu Chu safe.)”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers frequently employ four-character idioms derived from military classics like 'The Thirty-Six Stratagems' to concisely convey complex tactical situations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the originator; the mastermind behind an evil practice
A literary idiom used to refer to whoever first started a bad precedent or instigated a crime.
to escape by a clever stratagem; slip away like a cicada casting off its shell
One of the 'Thirty-Six Stratagems', used when someone leaves behind a decoy to make a stealthy escape.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“had already decayed beyond saving.”
“I should've quit ages ago.”
“has already thought of long ago”
“He was annihilated long ago.”