我还以为把香灰撒在这些角落
“I thought the incense ash in these corners”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太史丞会让那人告诉我们的
“Mr. Xiao will make the culprit show themself to us.”
我还以为 把香灰撒 在这 些角落
“I thought the incense ash in these corners”
是因为这里背光聚阴 给那两名宫人些安慰
“was just to comfort the maids, since it's dark and gloomy here.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Scattering incense ashes and pacifying spirits in shadowy corners reflects traditional Chinese superstitious beliefs about Yin and Yang energy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I had thought / I was under the impression that
A very frequent formula used when correcting one's previous mistaken belief or assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“all over the house.”
“and undigested incense ash.”
“to make it look like the dirt came from that.”
“making even the cleanest place dirty.”
“I'll have to clean house myself.”
“tearing through the whole complex, searching everywhere.”