定是李义那个小人干的
“It must be that scoundrel Li Yi's doing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
扔下了悬崖
“off the cliff.”
定是 李义 那个 小人 干的
“It must be that scoundrel Li Yi's doing.”
没想到
“I never thought,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Confucian moral philosophy, calling someone a 'petty person' is a severe moral condemnation, implying they are treacherous, self-serving, and devoid of honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must be; certainly is
A slightly literary or dramatic contraction of 'definitely is', often used when making strong deductions.
villain; vile character; backstabber
Used to insult someone who acts dishonorably, sneakily, or without moral integrity.
Forms part of an emphatic construction ('shi... de') to stress certainty about who performed the past action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was her.”
“It was her!”
“that this is also the work of that wretch?”
“but she insisted it was Mr. Lian who did it.”
“But Yin Dai is the real culprit.”