莫非是王忠杀了刺史
“Could Wang Zhong have killed the Prefect?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
定然与杀人有关系
“This has to be about the murders.”
莫非是 王忠 杀了 刺史
“Could Wang Zhong have killed the Prefect?”
不能吧
“No way.”
“Wang Zhong seems suspicious—do you think he really committed the murder?”
In Chinese detective narratives, solving the murder of a high-ranking official like a prefect involves grave political risks and careful deductive scrutiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that; is it possible that
Use this rhetorical sentence-starter to introduce a plausible yet surprising conjecture.
prefect; provincial governor in imperial China
An ancient administrative title frequently encountered in historical and detective costume dramas.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Could she have been kidnapped?”
“Looking for another way to kill me?”
“could it be that someone leaked the news?”
“the real poisoner was someone else?”
“Could it be that there really is a traitor within the Shuoxi Army?”
“And now, you want to kill your elder brother?”