是不是就没有后边 那些事儿发生
“would everything that followed have happened?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不去探矿
“to explore for mines...”
是不是就没有 后边 那些事儿发生
“would everything that followed have happened?”
后面儿
“What...”
“If only we hadn't done that, we wouldn't be in this awful mess right now.”
Reflecting on 'what could have been' often carries deep self-reproach in Chinese narratives when disastrous collective outcomes occur.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
would it mean that... / wouldn't it be that...
Used to pose a rhetorical or hypothetical question about a direct consequence.
the things that happened afterward
A common colloquial Northern Chinese expression referring vaguely to subsequent events or troubles.