他却要一直拖到申时半才招供
“but he confessed halfway into the Shen hour.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今日未时 我就把人参子给了他
“I gave him the ginseng seeds at the Wei hour,”
他却要一直拖到申时半才 招供
“but he confessed halfway into the Shen hour.”
他不是嘴硬 而是在等 等他的同伴提前点燃松木条
“He wasn't being tough. He was waiting for his partner to light the pine strip”
“There is something fishy about why he held out until that exact hour.”
Terms like Shenshi (around 3 to 5 PM) reflect the traditional Chinese system dividing the day into twelve two-hour periods.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
keep dragging/stalling until
Useful for highlighting deliberate procrastination or stalling tactics until a specific deadline.
confess / make a confession
A formal or legal term specifically used for criminal confessions during interrogation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you think he's stalling on purpose,”
“or keep stalling and die for it. You choose.”
“How long are you going to hold me back?”
“Wasn't he forced to confess?”
“I can't hold him off much longer.”
“As long as he takes the bait,”