他们才发现了她一直在做的事
“that they discovered what she had been doing,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
警方到访时
“when the police visited the property”
他们 才发现 了 她 一直在 做 的 事
“that they discovered what she had been doing,”
然后她才被强制收治入院”
“and was then sectioned."”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese narrative structure, '才' highlights delays or conditions that had to be met before a shocking truth emerged into public light.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only then realized / only then discovered
Use '才' before '发现' to emphasize that a realization or discovery came late or only after a specific condition occurred.
what [someone] has been doing all along
A common relative-clause structure using '一直在' to indicate prolonged, continuous, often secretive action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did she discover something? [Xie Zheng]”
“She wasn't the only one who knew about this.”
“They still discovered my trail.”
“Later I realized they already knew”
“She's just being herself.”
“Make sure she doesn't find out.”