价值十万的戒指不翼而飞
“a 100,000 yuan ring disappears,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是
“However,”
价值十万的戒指 不翼而飞
“a 100,000 yuan ring disappears,”
“and she doesn't care how it got lost.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Native speakers regularly integrate four-character literary idioms into everyday storytelling to heighten the drama and gravity of an event.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to vanish into thin air; to disappear without a trace
A standard set idiom used when valuable physical items mysteriously go missing.
worth; valued at
Used as an attributive modifier before a monetary amount to denote the price of an object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“50,000 taels of gold vanished into thin air.”
“This ring is too expensive.”
“and she doesn't care how it got lost.”
“will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.”
“I carried this ring with me every day.”
“The ring on your finger has to come off.”