他本来是想告诉我什么
“What was he trying to tell me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
冉叔叔是这天晚上出的事 但这条消息是下午编辑的
“That was the night something happened to Uncle Ran. But this message was drafted that afternoon.”
他 本来是想 告诉我 什么
“What was he trying to tell me?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese crime investigations or interpersonal mysteries, deducing unspoken or unwritten intentions from context is a key narrative trope.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally intended to
Use this structure to indicate an original plan or intention that was disrupted or left unfulfilled.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what exactly did you want to tell me?”
“I only wanted to find out what was going on,”
“I want to know what's really on your mind.”
“I know what he wants to say.”
“She deliberately didn't want me to know.”
“What are you trying to say?”