而且必须得是大贪官
“and it has to be a big one.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而且 必须得 是大贪官
“and it has to be a big one.”
可怎么确定
“But how to determine”
“Going after small fries is pointless; we must aim for the major, high-level corrupt officials.”
In contemporary Chinese context and media, anti-corruption campaigns often distinguish between 'swatting flies' (addressing grassroots, low-level corruption) and 'hunting tigers' (targeting high-ranking or high-stakes corrupt officials). A 'da tan guan' (major corrupt official) typically involves serious abuse of power and staggering amounts of illicit assets.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must; absolutely have to
A highly frequent emphatic spoken structure used to express mandatory requirements or non-negotiable conditions.
corrupt official
Noun, commonly collocated with verbs like 'punish' or 'crack down on'. In colloquial speech, adding 'da' creates 'da tan guan', denoting an exceptionally corrupt or high-profile official.
