我以为你死在淞沪了
“I thought you died in Songhu.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
张下士
“Corporal Zhang.”
我以为 你死 在淞沪了
“I thought you died in Songhu.”
“I didn't expect to run into you here.”
“I cannot believe you made it out alive! It is incredible to see you here.”
Refers to the 1937 Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, one of the bloodiest and most devastating battles in modern Chinese history, making survival there a near miracle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I mistakenly thought...
Crucial for learners: '以为' almost always implies that the speaker's past belief turned out to be wrong.
died in/at (a place)
Verb '死' followed by '在' indicates the location where death occurred.
Marks a completed state or event in the speaker's past assumption.