他应该得意地 在游乐园里边大书特书才对
“he should have proudly publicized it all over the Amusement Park.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要真是那样
“If that were really the case,”
他 应该 得意地 在游乐园里边 大书特书 才对
“he should have proudly publicized it all over the Amusement Park.”
我们之前就分析过
“We analyzed this before.”
“If that were true, he would be bragging all over the place, but he didn't.”
Chinese investigative dialogues frequently juxtapose human pride (得意) against behavioral anomalies to deduce true criminal motives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to write about or publicize extensively; to play up
A vivid four-character idiom used to describe exaggerating or giving immense publicity to an event or accomplishment.
that would be the right/expected way; ought to be
Placed at the end of a clause to express strong logical deduction about what should normally happen.