大火足足烧了半日
“from Qinghong Sect appear”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为什么那日
“why didn't a single person”
大火足足烧了半日
“from Qinghong Sect appear”
却不见一个
“when the fire burned”
“A fire that long could not possibly leave things unexplained; something is very wrong here.”
Stressing the magnitude and duration of a past disaster is a common Chinese rhetorical device to lead into an unexplainable anomaly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fully / no less than
Used before time durations or quantities to underline an unexpectedly large or complete amount.
half a day
A classical or slightly elevated time expression denoting roughly half a day.
Marks the completion and duration of the burning action.