当时哪有时间让他捂住口鼻啊？
“There wasn't time for him to cover his mouth and nose.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为何这尸体 反而面部被烧毁得更严重？
“Why was this body's face burned even worse?”
当时 哪有时间 让他捂 住口 鼻 啊 ？
“There wasn't time for him to cover his mouth and nose.”
这几支竹篾刺入喉咙的一瞬间
“The moment these bamboo ribs pierced his throat,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '哪有' is a standard conversational tactic in Chinese to dismiss an unrealistic hypothesis without needing a lengthy formal counterargument.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could there be any time / there is simply no time
A highly frequent spoken rhetorical pattern ('哪有...') used to strongly negate the possibility or existence of something.
to cover one's mouth and nose
A standard compound action phrase commonly used in emergency, fire, or forensic contexts.
Softens the rhetorical question while expressing an emphatic assertion that the premise was impossible.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you accidentally inhale even a trace of it,”
“If you accidentally inhale the slightest bit,”
“The man was still breathing. He was sent to the hospital.”
“With me here, he will confess everything.”
“don't eat or touch anything once we're inside. I'll handle everything.”
“If you do, then shut up!”