谁知主家遭逢意外
“Who knew Master would meet with disaster?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
便嘱咐我提前赶来
“so she told me to come early.”
谁知 主家 遭逢意外
“Who knew Master would meet with disaster?”
而我 为了要确认产妇到底是谁
“And I lost some time trying to confirm”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term '主家' reflects traditional servant or dependent relationships where an individual's fate and actions were tied directly to the welfare of their sponsoring household.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who would have thought / unexpectedly
Used at the start of a clause to introduce a sudden, unexpected twist in a narrative.
to encounter an unexpected misfortune or accident
A literary and formal collocation suitable for describing sudden tragedies or disasters.
