血迹未干
“his blood is not yet dry,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
血迹未干
“his blood is not yet dry,”
“A tragedy just happened, and you are already shamelessly moving in to profit from it!”
Chinese speakers often chain classical four-character idioms together during formal confrontations to build rhetorical momentum and moral indignation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
before the blood is dry / in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy
A highly dramatic, literary four-character idiom paired with '尸骨未寒' to emphasize ruthless betrayal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We meet again before the blood has even dried.”
“leaving a very distinct bloodstain.”
“everything leaves traces behind.”
“How careless of you to leave it on the victim.”
“But the footprints at the scene”
“Besides Lin Shan's, there were two other blood stains.”