那二楼发出异响之处 定有蹊跷
“That strange noise on the second floor must mean trouble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's basically telling us outright Xiuhong House is hiding something.”
那二楼发出异响之处 定 有蹊跷
“That strange noise on the second floor must mean trouble.”
那房中放满了绣架 应是绣坊
“That room was packed with embroidery frames. It should be the embroidery room.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In classic Chinese detective fiction and period dramas, sleuths rely heavily on subtle sensory anomalies like strange creaks to unmask conspiracies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there is definitely something fishy; must hide a secret
A literary and dramatic phrase used when deducing that an anomaly points to foul play or a mystery.
to emit unusual noises
Used in formal or narrative contexts to describe unexplained sounds.