背着近百来斤的尸身 一个时辰走四五里地
“to walk four to five li within two hours while carrying a body”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
或是骑马运送尸身 一个普通身量的壮年人
“or horses to transport the bodies. It is hard for an average-sized adult man”
背着 近百来斤的 尸身 一个时辰走四五里地
“to walk four to five li within two hours while carrying a body”
已然不易 算上中途休息 躲避巡防 处理尸身
“weighing about 50 kilograms. Plus the time spent in resting, hiding from patrols and dealing with the bodies,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historical Chinese narratives routinely measure time in 'shichen' (two modern hours) and distance in 'li' (roughly 500 meters), reflecting pre-modern spatial and temporal reckoning.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a two-hour period (traditional Chinese time unit)
Commonly encountered in historical dramas to denote two modern hours.
around a hundred catties (approx. 50 kg)
Used in colloquial estimation where '来' functions as 'approximately'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“into here two hours after the victim died couldn't be easy.”
“the corpse should have floated in a few days.”
“I'm afraid the body might deteriorate severely, causing us to lose many clues.”
“and you'd die without a trace.”
“yet his body hasn't been found to this day.”
“why do they need so many corpses?”