那徐萌的尸体还没着落呢
“As for Xu Meng, her body's still missing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
顶多是个分号
“At best, it's just a pause.”
那徐萌的尸体 还没 着落 呢
“As for Xu Meng, her body's still missing.”
也许某一天 尸骨又会突然重见天日吧
“Maybe one day, her remains will surface again.”
“Don't act like this is over; we haven't even found the body yet.”
In Chinese culture, locating the body of the deceased is of supreme moral and emotional importance, making an unrecovered corpse an unbearable open wound.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
has not yet been settled; still unaccounted for
Used in spoken Chinese to describe plans, outcomes, missing objects, or jobs that remain completely unresolved or up in the air.
Points out a lingering fact or contradiction to draw the listener's attention to an unresolved problem.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“then how did Xu Meng and her father die?”
“When did you run into Xu Meng again?”
“Xu Meng's body was handled by Wu Shanlong.”
“He had his eyes on Xu Meng and wanted her to himself.”
“I owe Xu Meng and her dad the truth.”
“Let's wait till we find Xu Meng and her father.”