可是侯光明杀了她
“Do you suspect Hou Guangming killed her?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大人这么问
“Why are you asking?”
可是侯光明杀了她
“Do you suspect Hou Guangming killed her?”
尚在查证
“I'm still investigating.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When addressing a superior official ('大人'), subordinates frame deductions tentatively as questions rather than definitive statements to maintain deference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that, is it really that
Used at the beginning of an interrogative sentence to introduce a speculative or surprising possibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she had already met a cruel end at Hou Guangming's hands.”
“We need to see Hou Guangming.”
“you belong to me.”
“for his money?”
“why would she have married Hou Guangming?”
“the deaths of Pan'er and her family.”