仍在明光寺内
“the night before last, you were at Mingguang Temple until the Hai hour.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the night before last, you were at Mingguang Temple”
仍在明光寺内
“the night before last, you were at Mingguang Temple until the Hai hour.”
“The black stain on Sun Mao's palm”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Investigative proceedings in ancient China heavily relied on establishing physical presence during specific two-hour watches (like '亥时', 9-11 PM) to validate or break alibis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
still at; still remaining in
A concise formal conjunction and verb used to describe continuous presence or state.
inside the temple
Formed with the location noun '寺' plus the locative suffix '内' denoting within.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“were at Mingguang Temple together.”
“leave Mingguang Temple last night?”
“the only route to Mingguang Temple?”
“arrived at Mingguang Temple on the exact same day.”
“to Mingguang Temple.”
“(A temple is a place of worship.)”