毒药 是毒药
“Poison. It's poison.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
毒药 是 毒药
“Poison. It's poison.”
“It's this bottle of 'Bone-Melting Powder' in my hand.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Poisons and mysterious fatal powders are classic narrative devices in Chinese drama to escalate suspense and present mortal danger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is poison
Used with emphatic stress to make an unequivocal and alarming factual assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I know. The penalty for drug dealing can be death.”
“It's highly toxic.”
“that the fake-death drug is actually a poison—”