怪不得我怎么找 也找不到他
“No wonder I couldn't find him no matter how hard I looked.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
果真如此
“Just as I suspected.”
怪不得 我 怎么 找 也 找不到 他
“No wonder I couldn't find him no matter how hard I looked.”
亏我还在想 怎么样保长兴侯府呢 看来是灯下黑呀
“And here I was thinking how to protect Marquis Changxing's Mansion. It seems he was hiding right under our noses.”
“Now it all makes sense why I could never track him down; someone was sheltering him right under my nose.”
In Chinese narrative dialogue, voicing sudden realization validates past competence by proving the failure was due to deception rather than personal ineptitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no wonder / that explains why
Use at the beginning of a clause upon realizing the underlying cause of an unexpected or puzzling situation.
cannot find no matter how hard one searches
A common '怎么...也...' construction expressing complete futility despite exhaustive efforts.
