这些流寇 果然是早有计划的
“These bandits really had a plan all along.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么还有封信
“There's also a letter.”
这些流寇 果然是 早 有计划 的
“These bandits really had a plan all along.”
“It seems they've had their eyes on your Ji family from the start.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese period dramas, 'liukou' (roving bandits) often serve as covert pawns hired by political enemies to disguise calculated assassinations as random violence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
planned long beforehand / premeditated
Use this phrase to emphasize that an event or action was not spontaneous but premeditated.
as expected / turns out to be indeed
Used when newly acquired evidence confirms an existing suspicion or forecast.
Functions in the 'shi...de' construction to emphatically affirm the nature or reality of the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“how confident are you about this bandit plan?”
“What if you run into bandits”
“and crushing the enemy completely.”
“These people are very sly. They had run off long ago.”
“You ran into bandits”
“Did you really hide a refugee?”