早就完成了 炸关河的计划
“and completed the plan to blow up the river.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
宇州的崇军会从关河 偷袭蒴州 你埋伏在此
“Troops from Yuzhou would cross the river to attack Shuozhou. You set up an ambush here”
早就 完 成了 炸关河的计划
“and completed the plan to blow up the river.”
段小狐狸
“Foxy,”
“You are worrying too late; I already handled the explosion long before now.”
In Chinese military classics, executing plans ahead of an adversary's expectations embodies the strategic ideal of outsmarting the enemy quietly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
long ago / already ahead of time
Used before verbs to indicate that an action happened much earlier than expected or discussed.
Marks the perfective aspect, emphasizing that the mission has definitively been accomplished.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“In a few days, the river will freeze again.”
“What? How can we do that?”
“We told everyone we'd blow up the Guanhe River tomorrow.”
“It's broken through! We've blown it open!”
“After just a few days, she completed it remarkably well.”
“the bomb to go off so soon.”