我先前没有对你们说出实情
“I did not tell you the truth before”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也会更让人痛不欲生
“it also made the pain unbearable.”
我先前没有对你们说出实情
“I did not tell you the truth before”
我仵作经验的由来
“about how I gained my experience as a coroner.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical investigative dramas, disclosing one's hidden background is a major turning point showing profound trust between investigative partners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tell the truth / reveal the true facts
A formal and serious way to describe disclosing facts after hiding them.
previously / earlier
Common in written or slightly formal spoken Chinese to refer to a prior time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't tell you all immediately”
“I never told you guys.”
“That's not what you said before.”
“If I had told you who I was back then,”