新城体育馆那场意外
“at the Xincheng Stadium 20 years ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
新城体育馆 那场意外
“at the Xincheng Stadium 20 years ago.”
二十年前
“20 years ago.”
“You know exactly which incident I mean: the one at Xincheng Gymnasium.”
Using '意外' (unexpected incident/accident) can be a neutral or euphemistic way to bring up a sensitive, traumatic, or potentially criminal historical event without immediately assigning blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that accident / that unforeseen incident
A common noun phrase used to refer to a specific, usually well-known unfortunate event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There might very well be people inside the city plotting to harm the new gate commander”
“Whether it's this accident or that one, it's inevitable.”
“news came from the northern district:”
“If they can't air it, I'll contact the Longcheng -and Shengcheng TV stations. - Stop!”
“- I know you keep calling it an accident. - It wasn't.”
“There was a small interruption just now.”