为什么要把人的过所收走？ 哪那么多废话呀？
“Why are you taking our passes? Why so many questions?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If we're here to work, shouldn't we get proof of employment first?”
为什么要 把人 的 过所 收走 ？ 哪那么多废话 呀？
“Why are you taking our passes? Why so many questions?”
“You're taking our passes without explanation? Something's off!”
“Quit dodging the point and explain why you are illegally seizing our papers.”
In imperial China, a 'guosuo' was an official passport/travel pass required to pass checkpoints; confiscating it effectively trapped a person and stripped away their freedom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cut the nonsense / stop babbling
A highly colloquial, irritable expression used to aggressively shut down excuses or excessive explanations.
take away / confiscate
Used when an authority figure or party forcibly collects or removes documents or belongings.
Heightens the speaker's irritation and sharpens the rhetorical edge of the reprimand.
