直到听说那药吃了便死
“until they heard the drug killed him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
直到刘甲才抓到带字的纸条 大家原本都很羡慕他
“Until Liu Jia drew one with writing. Everyone envied him at first,”
直到 听说 那药 吃了便死
“until they heard the drug killed him.”
就都有些后怕
“Then they all got scared.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese narratives often emphasize the contrast between initial envy of good fortune and subsequent horror upon discovering it was a trap.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
until hearing that
Used to introduce a moment when new information changes someone's perspective or emotional state.
dies immediately
A literary and dramatic conditional structure indicating instantaneous death upon an action.