但是他始终没再露过面
“But he never showed up again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在他的住所已经 被二十四小时监控了
“His residence has been under 24-hour surveillance.”
但是他始终没再 露过面
“But he never showed up again.”
我们现在就想
“Now we think.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese procedural exchanges typically combine conversational directness with chronological reporting adverbs like '始终' to lay out operational timelines clearly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never once; from start to finish has not
Emphasizes the continuous failure of an expected action to occur throughout a given timeframe.
to appear; to show one's face
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe showing up at an event or coming out of hiding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but Wa Zai never showed up.”
“before showing himself?”
“but he never showed any interest in women.”
“he hasn't come to see me once.”
“If that person never comes,”
“It's said he never gave up and has been quietly running around”
“has always kept a low profile.”
“I haven't seen him for a long time.”