除非 除非是有人栽赃
“Unless... Unless someone set him up”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他肯定逃脱不掉通奸的罪名 杀了柳氏又有何用
“He definitely won't escape the adultery charge. Killing Liu would be pointless.”
除非 除非 是 有人 栽赃
“Unless... Unless someone set him up”
凶手另有其人
“and the real murderer is someone else.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A core trope in traditional Chinese detective stories (gong'an) where malicious parties fabricate evidence to mislead judicial officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unless / only if
Used at the start of a clause to introduce the only condition or possibility that could explain an odd situation.
someone planted evidence / someone framed someone
Commonly used in crime and legal contexts to describe pinning false guilt on someone.
