他人已经不在了吧
“he's already gone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
或许
“Maybe”
他人 已经不在了 吧
“he's already gone.”
前些日子 各家都急于复原漆烟墨
“In the past days, everyone was eager to restore the lacquer-soot ink.”
“I bet he's already dead or gone for good.”
Directly mentioning death (死) is often taboo or considered too harsh; speakers routinely use '不在了' to soften the reality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
passed away; no longer present
A common and polite euphemism in Chinese used to refer to someone's death without stating it bluntly.
Marks a change of state, indicating the person has transitioned to no longer being present.
Softens the assertion into a tentative guess, soliciting agreement from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he's already gone.”
“that he is no longer with us.”
“I don’t have it anymore. No, you must have kept it.”
“they had run away.”