您是如何知道的 其实你有所不知
“How did you know? Unbeknownst to you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
睿昌王私自购买兵器
“Prince Ruichang is secretly buying weapons.”
您是 如何 知道 的 其实你 有所不知
“How did you know? Unbeknownst to you,”
我一直命萧先生 暗中监视睿昌王府
“I have had Mr. Xiao secretly monitoring Prince Ruichang's residence.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Phrases like '有所不知' maintain courtly elegance and establish intellectual authority before revealing strategic secrets.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there is something one does not know / unaware of the hidden facts
A formal idiom used to politely preface an explanation of facts unknown to the listener.
how / by what means
A formal and elevated way of asking 'how', typical in written or period speech.
Emphasizes the manner or method of an action in a cleft sentence construction.