应该是它身量还小的时候
“It must have entered while still small”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
时常有人畜不慎跌入
“sometimes fall in ponds.”
应该是它身量还小的时候
“It must have entered while still small”
“to feed on the brain of the deceased.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historical Chinese coroners (wuzuo) relied on meticulous anatomical observations and empirical deductions to explain bizarre causes of death without modern forensic technology.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must be; likely is
Used to express an evidence-based deduction or professional judgment.
when (its) body size was still small
A slightly formal or literary way to describe physical stature or organism size during early growth.
Forms a nominalized construction (...的时候) specifying the temporal condition under which the action took place.
