平时挺单纯一个小伙子 怎么今天受什么刺激了
“He used to be simple and quiet. What happened to him today?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我去找他谈谈吧 你接触过他吗 在他们家吃过饭
“I'll talk to him. Have you ever met him? I had dinner at his home.”
平时挺单纯一个小伙子 怎么 今天 受什么刺激了
“He used to be simple and quiet. What happened to him today?”
“He has been insane since he was young. He always wanted to kill others when fighting.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often invoke past normal behavior ('平时') to rationalize sudden violent or erratic outbursts as externally triggered rather than innate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what provoked him / what set him off
A highly colloquial rhetorical phrase used when someone suddenly acts out of character or undergoes an emotional breakdown.
usually / in normal times
Used to contrast a subject's routine demeanor with an unexpected current event.
Indicates a change of state, highlighting that the person was triggered into an abnormal condition.
