他从昨天早上开始就没他消息了
“he hasn't heard from him since yesterday morning.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他的儿子告诉她
“The son is telling her”
他 从 昨天 早 上 开始 就 没他消息 了
“he hasn't heard from him since yesterday morning.”
那他就不会知道我们要来了
“So he won't know we're coming.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese narrative contexts, reporting that someone has 'no news' often implies an underlying threat or emergency without stating panic outright.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
starting from...
A fundamental time framework used to mark the beginning point of an ongoing state or action.
to have no news or word from someone
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to indicate that someone has gone silent or out of reach.
Marks a change of state, highlighting that communication ceased starting at that point.