怎么回事 黎王人呢
“What happened? Where is Prince Li?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
走水了 走水了 走水了
“Fire!”
怎么回事 黎王 人呢
“What happened? Where is Prince Li?”
快找
“Find him quickly!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, calling a fire '火' was considered an ominous taboo, so people euphemistically shouted '走水' ('water moving') instead.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what's going on? / what happened?
The most common spoken expression to demand an explanation during confusion or sudden crisis.
where is the person? / where did someone go?
Attached directly to a person's name or title to urgently ask for their whereabouts.
Forms an elliptical question emphasizing an urgent search for location.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Someone? No one. I remembered it wrong.”
“[Wei Qilin] Who hasn't heard of him?”
“who doesn't know about them?”
“Guards. What answers do you expect?”
“Lu Zhiyao is impossible.”
“Who exactly are you?”