那赌坊老板还言之凿凿
“The keeper confessed all:”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
清清楚楚写着 顾锦荣三个字
“clear as day: Gu Jinrong's name.”
那赌坊 老板 还 言之凿凿
“The keeper confessed all:”
说因为知道顾公子的爹
“the boy's father”
“The witness is completely sure of it, so there is no denying this fact.”
In traditional elite Chinese families, a scion's involvement in a gambling den was a disastrous stain on household honor, making witness testimony especially damaging.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to speak with absolute certainty / to claim conclusively
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used when someone asserts something with seemingly irrefutable confidence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ Will never end ♪ A gambling house even sent me an offer, ♪ It's worth my foolishly waiting ♪”
“What a mad gambler.”
“You're a mad gambler, indeed.”
“It's a huge gamble, indeed.”
“That was one expensive bet you made.”
“But as a mere woman, she was powerless against a desperate gambler.”