他们都身染重病 除了凶手 恐怕连下床都难
“They are all seriously ill. Perhaps, only the killer can get out of bed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不如把他们叫到偏殿门口 依次查问
“Why don't we question them one by one at the entrance?”
他们都身染重病 除了 凶手 恐怕 连下床都难
“They are all seriously ill. Perhaps, only the killer can get out of bed.”
你也知道他们身染重病
“So you know they're seriously ill.”
“Your plan won't work because they are bedridden—unless the culprit gives himself away by walking out.”
In Chinese detective narratives, physical limitations and physiological signs are classic tropes used to eliminate or unmask suspects pretending to be incapacitated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
afflicted with a severe illness
A formal idiom/phrase describing someone who has fallen critically ill.
to get out of bed
Frequently paired with '难' or negative adverbs to indicate severe frailty or illness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“For such a severely ill patient like me,”
“This murderer has a lot of tricks.”
“the killer would go free.”
“Every last one of them died from the plague!”
“You must catch him.”
“Only then did I learn he was terminally ill”