徐道隐会不会已经被灭口埋尸了？
“Could Xu Daoyin already be silenced and buried?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“No reason to spare Xu Daoyin.”
徐道隐 会不会 已经被 灭口埋尸 了？
“Could Xu Daoyin already be silenced and buried?”
“The killer drew attention with those three deaths”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A deeply rooted trope in Chinese detective and wuxia drama where conspirators ruthlessly eliminate accomplices or witnesses to sever investigation trails.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to silence a witness (by killing them)
A common legal and crime genre term meaning to eliminate someone so they cannot reveal secrets.
is it possible that / could it be that
An essential spoken conversational frame used to float a tentative hypothesis or express suspicion.
Indicates the completion or realized state of an anticipated action (being killed and buried).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He clenched his teeth and fought,”
“Xu Daoyin was too kind”
“Under the guise of cultivation,”
“No reason to spare Xu Daoyin.”
“With his belly stuffed with gold cakes, he was weighed down in pain.”
“At least they won't suspect Xu Zhihong's death.”