然后一夜之间 事情就开始发酵
“Then, overnight, things started to snowball.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当时 很多人 都收到了一封匿名邮件
“At that time, many people received an anonymous email.”
然后 一夜之间 事情 就开始 发酵
“Then, overnight, things started to snowball.”
到了第二天
“By the next day,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term 'fajiao' (ferment) is heavily used in contemporary Chinese public and internet discourse to describe PR crises or rumors snowballing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
overnight; in a flash
A common temporal idiom used to emphasize rapid, dramatic changes.
to escalate; to blow up (of a public event)
Literally 'to ferment', commonly used metaphorically in modern Chinese media to describe an issue escalating or gaining traction.
