莫非是有人走漏了风声
“could it be that someone leaked the news?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Then for Nanzhao to dare launch a sudden attack at this moment,”
莫非是 有人 走漏了风声
“could it be that someone leaked the news?”
总之
“In any case,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Expressions like 'leaking wind sounds' reflect the traditional literary framing of military secrecy and internal treachery in Chinese narratives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that; is it possible that
A rhetorical conjunction used to introduce a strong conjecture or suspicion.
to leak a secret or information
An idiomatic expression commonly used in military, legal, or investigative contexts to describe intelligence leaks.