等更夫来了不就知道了？
“Once the watchman arrives, we'll know.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Speaking nonsense! Am I speaking nonsense?”
等 更夫 来了 不就知道了 ？
“Once the watchman arrives, we'll know.”
你别急 人已经抓了 马上就到
“Don't rush. We've already caught him. He should be here soon.”
“Keep denying it now, but your lies will be exposed the second the witness gets here.”
Because night watchmen roamed ancient streets through all nighttime hours, they were the standard eyewitnesses in historical mystery and crime disputes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won't (we) then know / then we'll see
A common rhetorical pattern '不就...了吗' used to convey that the answer will inevitably and self-evidently be revealed.
night watchman
A historical term for town watchmen who struck gongs to tell time during nighttime watches (更).
Functions here as an aspect marker following '来', signaling completion of the condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why is there a new person now?”
“You're not trying to fool me, are you?”
“We got an even better-looking one today. You're so foul-mouthed.”
“What happened now?”
“He's been getting weirder and weirder lately.”
“What took you so long?”