孙公心中既已有答案 又何须再问我？
“You already have an answer. Why ask me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
仙长 可否算出是哪处产业？
“Immortal Master, can you tell which property it is?”
孙公心中既已 有答案 又何须 再 问我 ？
“You already have an answer. Why ask me?”
速备马车 主家
“Prepare the carriage, now! Master.”
“You know very well who is behind it, stop testing me.”
High-level intellectual or political discourse in Chinese culture often prizes unspoken understanding, where a sage reveals insight by deflecting the question back to the seeker.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since... already
A literary conjunction pairing reason with an established reality.
why must; what need is there to
A formal, elevated rhetorical word equivalent to spoken '何必' or '何苦'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So you are holding back.”
“For you to come all this way, Mr. Gongsun,”
“you must not see anyone from the Gongsun family again.”
“Mr. Xu, we pay our respects.”
“Your Lordship and Mr. Gongsun guessed correctly.”
“Mr. Gongsun's diversion tactic really worked.”