若不是他 会是谁呢?
“If it's not him, then who could it be?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Forget everything, leave Aodeng, and never come back.”
若不是 他 会是谁 呢?
“If it's not him, then who could it be?”
蛇毒
“Snake venom…”
“There are no other plausible suspects, so we cannot rule him out so easily.”
In Chinese reasoning, framing doubts through rhetorical questions is a common indirect tactic to gently steer peers toward a logical contradiction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if not / were it not for
Used in hypothetical reasoning to eliminate a condition or person from consideration.
Softens the rhetorical question while prompting the listener to reflect and provide an answer.