本来以为没事了 没想到
“I thought it was over, but then,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
熬了五年
“I went on like that for five years.”
本来以为 没事了 没想到
“I thought it was over, but then,”
2002年夏天 人头被我舅舅葛劲松捞上来了
“in the summer of 2002, my uncle, Ge Jingsong, pulled the head out.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Reflects the traditional cultural motif that no crime remains hidden forever and karmic justice eventually surfaces even after years of evasion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally thought that...
Commonly used to contrast an initial assumption with a contradictory reality that followed.
unexpectedly; who would have thought
Used as a sentence connector or discourse marker to introduce an unanticipated and often unwelcome surprise.
Marks a completed state of assumed safety that has now been disrupted.