又何须用闭息丹杀人？ 太麻烦
“Why bother using the Breath-Stopping Pill? Too troublesome.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不 凶手能将毒药混进王采女的安胎药中
“No. The killer poisoned her pregnancy tonic.”
又何须 用闭息丹杀人？ 太 麻烦
“Why bother using the Breath-Stopping Pill? Too troublesome.”
这粒闭息丹 被缝在王采女的香囊内侧
“This Breath-Stopping Pill was sewn on the inside of her sachet.”
“Nobody would use such a complicated drug just to kill someone; there has to be another reason.”
In ancient Chinese court mysteries and wuxia fiction, specialized medicinal pills like 'breath-holding pills' are frequently used as dramatic plot devices to fake death or induce temporary paralysis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why would there be any need to
A formal, rhetorical chunk used to dispute the necessity or logic of an action.
too troublesome; overly convoluted
Everyday spoken phrase used to dismiss an option as unnecessarily complicated.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yunxiang Powder? Wasn't it the Breath-Stopping Pill?”
“After you stole them, Prince of Xin didn't notice?”
“hangs on that pill now.”
“abolish his dantian and meridians,”
“Sink your breath to the Dantian and relax.”
“So the so-called life-prolonging pill is poison after all.”