灵界要是有办法 也不至于让他 藏个三百年
“If spirits had a way, he wouldn't have been able to hide for 300 years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“have nothing that can restrain him?”
灵界 要是有 办法 也不 至于 让他 藏个三百年
“If spirits had a way, he wouldn't have been able to hide for 300 years.”
你们星卿宫的法器 最为厉害
“Starhaven's magical artifacts are most formidable.”
“Stop asking obvious questions; if we could stop him, we would have done it centuries ago.”
In Chinese historical and fantasy narratives, referring to centuries of unresolved struggle is a standard convention to highlight an adversary's formidable power.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if... it wouldn't have come to the point where...
Use this counterfactual structure to argue that an undesirable outcome proves the absence of an easy alternative.
not to the extent of; wouldn't go so far as to
A common pragmatic hedge used to deny an extreme situation or state that things would not be this bad.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“have nothing that can restrain him?”
“Matters of our Spirit World should not be left to outsiders.”
“Otherwise, this spirit wouldn't have lingered like that.”
“spirits shall not enter the Mortal World.”
“do spirits really exist?”
“I heard that a spirit let it go and ascended.”