咱们干警察这工作就是熬人
“being a cop is draining.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老大
“(Beiyan County Hospital) Laoda,”
咱们干警察这工作就是熬人
“being a cop is draining.”
别老拉着个脸
“Cheer up a bit.”
“Being a cop is inherently exhausting, so stop looking so miserable and take it easy.”
A first-person plural pronoun common in northern Mandarin that explicitly includes the listener. It is used to shorten psychological distance, signaling solidarity, closeness, and shared struggle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Exhausting; physically and mentally draining, feeling like an ordeal.
A common colloquial expression used adjectivally to describe taxing situations such as nursing the sick, pulling all-nighters, or enduring grueling jobs.
To do this kind of work; to work in a certain profession.
A very natural, colloquial way to describe one's occupation, often replacing more formal expressions for engaging in a career.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Honestly though, he has worked as a policeman for so long.”
“This is our Special Police Corps' job.”
“And we've dealt with plenty of police.”