当时我们看到的那些毒虫
“the insects we saw at the scene”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以
“Therefore,”
当时我们看到的那些毒虫
“the insects we saw at the scene”
“didn't gather from the bamboo grove,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A staple trope of Chinese detective fiction (gong'an) where sleuths verbally deconstruct eyewitness memories to uncover staged deceptions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at that time; back then
A foundational time word used to anchor discourse in a past event or moment under recollection.
what [we] saw; that which was seen
A common relative construction formed with 'de' to turn a verb into a modifier for an object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The threat posed by those insects cannot be underestimated.”
“implanted in him before he left for the capital.”
“had been incubating insects inside their bodies for a long time.”
“You mean they were also killed by poisonous insects?”
“and many poisonous bugs came out.”
“Those insects were growing inside him all along,”