怪不得他刚才 和裴轸打了起来
“No wonder he just got into a fight with Pei Zhen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怪不得
“No wonder...”
怪不得 他刚才 和裴轸 打了起来
“No wonder he just got into a fight with Pei Zhen.”
“I didn't even know what he was facing, yet I blamed him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social narratives, intense physical or verbal outbursts are often rationalized after learning about the immense unspoken pressure the person was silently enduring.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no wonder; that explains it
Used at the beginning of a clause to express sudden realization upon learning new explanatory information.
started fighting; broke into a fight
The directional complement '起来' indicates the initiation and continuation of an action.
Indicates the emergence of a new state or inception of the fighting action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Pei Zhen, you're late.”
“[Xincheng Stadium Under Construction Collapses] [Killing 3 and Injuring 6; Lead Architect Takes Own Life] Besides Pei Kanghua, keep an eye on Pei Zhen too.”
“He really should learn a thing or two from Mr. Pei. Pei Zhen?”
“No wonder Mr. Pei wasn't sad at all. He even came to cheer us up.”
“Did Mr. Pei suffer some kind of shock?”
“Is he the real Pei Yu and the one dissecting the corpses?”