师父怎么可能会杀人呢
“How could Master be a murderer?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
定是巧合
“A mere coincidence.”
师父怎么可能会杀人呢
“How could Master be a murderer?”
大人
“Commissioner Di,”
“You have the wrong man; my master is morally incapable of taking a life!”
In Confucian master-disciple hierarchy, questioning a master's moral integrity shames the entire lineage, making disciples passionately defend their innocence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could it possibly be that...
A strong rhetorical pattern expressing incredulity or an emphatic denial of an impossible scenario.
Softens the rhetorical question while adding a pleading, persuasive undertone directed at the authority figure.