石虎已死
“Shi Hu was already dead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我听说你在接应焉州大军赶到时
“I heard that when you arrived to support the Yanzhou Army,”
石虎已死
“Shi Hu was already dead.”
军中还有何人能降得住此贼呀
“Who else in the army could have subdued such a fierce enemy?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Costume dramas often employ monosyllabic classical markers such as '已' instead of '已经' to evoke historical weight and conciseness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is already dead
A concise, written-register collocation commonly used in historical or formal contexts instead of spoken '已经死了'.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Shi Hu was killed by his wife.”
“She killed Shi Hu with only 3 strikes?”
“Not only did we lose General Shi Hu,”
“How did that woman kill Shi Hu?”
“that you killed Shi Hu with 3 hammer strikes.”
“sparring with the heroine who killed Shi Hu.”