那只断尾狐 定是罪魁祸首
“That broken-tail fox must be the culprit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那日正好是连环挖心案 第一起命案发生的日子
“And that day marked the first murder in this heart-ripping case.”
那只断尾狐 定是 罪魁祸首
“That broken-tail fox must be the culprit.”
倘若一直藏匿在府中 怕是又会伺机
“It might've been hiding in this mansion, so it will try again”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Classical investigative narratives often feature protagonists drawing authoritative deductions based on circumstantial alignment of supernatural phenomena and murder dates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the chief perpetrator / the prime culprit
A formal idiom used to identify the ultimate cause or main mastermind of a disaster or crime.
must be / bound to be
A literary and assertive deductive term synonymous with 一定是.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“enduring the pain of losing her tail,”
“I'll do what Xiaowei did and cut off a tail to survive.”
“here and there. I meant to have the item fixed before bringing it back to you.”
“From then on, he severed this ill-fated blood tie.”
“The cat is finally out of the bag now.”
“a very cunning old fox.”