不是竹林里聚拢而来的
“didn't gather from the bamboo grove,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the insects we saw at the scene”
不是竹林里聚拢而来的
“didn't gather from the bamboo grove,”
“they crawled out of him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese historical fiction and wuxia tales, venomous creatures emerging from within a host often point to mysterious arts such as Gu witchcraft.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not... but rather...
A fundamental correlative structure used to refute a false premise and present the actual truth.
to gather together and converge from elsewhere
A literary yet vivid descriptive phrase describing crowds or swarms congregating toward a central spot.
Forms a 'shi... de' construction emphasizing the manner or origin of the event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“These are the egg casings”
“Too many things relate to the Purple Bamboo Grove.”
“as those people. Don't you find it very strange?”
“But why would there be so many of them in a bamboo grove?”
“Even if it wasn't the Qingfeng Stronghold,”
“This sachet contains the same incense”