怪不得一直没浮上来
“No wonder it never floated up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
身上 还绑着石头
“there were stones tied to this skeleton.”
怪不得 一直没浮 上来
“No wonder it never floated up.”
这是存心要它永沉水底呀 真是造孽啊
“This was intended to keep her at the bottom of the water forever. Such an atrocity!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Binding stones to a drowned body or discarded evidence reflects deliberate concealment in Chinese detective and folklore narratives, regarded as deeply sinful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no wonder; that explains it
Used when a newly revealed fact suddenly explains a previous puzzle or strange occurrence.
to float up to the surface
A directional complement combination describing an object or body rising to the surface of water.
Directional complement indicating movement toward the surface or observer.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they've been down there for so long and still haven't come up.”
“he never regained consciousness.”
“I can't turn back anymore.”
“takes time to recover from.”
“Hasn't he come out? No.”
“I thought it was a sure thing,”