应是缢亡 果然是自缢而亡
“is likely strangulation. So it was indeed suicide by hanging.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
死亡原因
“The cause of death”
应是 缢亡 果然是 自缢 而亡
“is likely strangulation. So it was indeed suicide by hanging.”
“Strangulation doesn't always mean suicide by hanging.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional and modern Chinese legal investigations strictly differentiate between the physiological mechanism of death (缢亡, hanging) and the behavioral manner of death (自缢, suicidal hanging).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
death by hanging / strangulation
A highly formal, forensic legal term specifying asphyxiation by hanging or ligature.
as expected, it is / turns out to be
Use this collocation when factual evidence confirms a prior suspicion or hypothesis.
to die by hanging oneself (suicide)
A classical four-character legal/medical idiom denoting suicide through hanging.
