我早就应该想到他的下一步
“I should've anticipated his next move.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
差一点就抓到他了
“We almost caught him.”
我早就应该想到 他的 下一步
“I should've anticipated his next move.”
他的目标是陈小萌
“His target has been Chen Xiaomeng.”
“I messed up by not anticipating this sooner, but now I know what he's planning.”
In Chinese teamwork and professional culture, acknowledging personal oversights through self-criticism (检讨) reinforces accountability and collective focus on solving the crisis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should have long ago
Use this structure to express hindsight regret or self-criticism about an obvious action.
next step / next move
Frequently used in strategic, investigative, or planning contexts to denote the subsequent phase of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I should have known that”
“Just now, I felt that he was already looking for a way out.”
“I should've checked on him first,”
“he must have alerted by now.”
“You thought you had made your choice,”
“The very fact he said it proves he has a contingency plan in place.”
“I think that person already knows.”
“has already thought of long ago”
“Actually, I guessed it long ago.”
“I actually guessed it a long time ago.”
“But I should've paid attention to them earlier.”