她自杀没那么简单
“her suicide was not that simple.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我觉得
“I think”
她自杀 没那么简单
“her suicide was not that simple.”
你觉着呢
“What do you think?”
“There is definitely something fishy going on here; this wasn't an ordinary suicide.”
Chinese speakers often use understated negations like 'not that simple' rather than direct accusations to invite collaborative speculation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not that simple; there's more to it than meets the eye
Use this frequent colloquial idiom when pointing out that an issue is complicated or suspicious.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“then wouldn't he be unable even to kill himself?”
“Why would she commit suicide?”
“Don't commit suicide. You're not the culprit.”
“Why would he kill himself? It wasn't suicide.”
“Don't think you don't have to take responsibility this way!”
“She did not, she's still very much alive.”