他今天本来就应该死的
“He should've died today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我怕
“I was scared.”
他 今天 本来就应该 死 的
“He should've died today.”
你要不回来他早就死了
“If you hadn't come back, he'd be dead already.”
“Stop beating yourself up; his fate was sealed anyway and you shouldn't feel responsible.”
Framing a tragic outcome as preordained or inevitable ('supposed to happen anyway') is a psychological coping mechanism frequently used to relieve survivors from crushing survivor's guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the first place; inherently; originally
Emphasizes that a state of affairs is natural, expected, or was already determined.
supposed to; ought to; should
Here used to indicate destiny, natural consequence, or inevitability rather than moral obligation.
Placed at the end of the clause to reinforce certainty and conviction about a past assessment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When I heard he died early this morning,”
“I was so scared today. Thankfully Grandmother is blessed by heaven.”
“just because he is sick and dying,”
“You were supposed to die today, but you didn't.”
“He's just someone who should've died long ago.”