他们又返回中山去干什么
“Why did they return to Zhongshan?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那两个人有关系
“who smuggled onto the island from Anlan Tang”
他们又返回中山去干什么
“Why did they return to Zhongshan?”
佐佐木
“Sasaki”
“Their return makes no sense; what are they secretly plotting?”
In Chinese crime and suspense drama, rhetorical questions highlighting odd patterns are used to prompt team members for analytical hypotheses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to return to; to go back
A slightly formal verb for returning to a location, common in spoken reports and narrative contexts.
go do what; what for
A colloquial question frame used to ask about someone's purpose or intention.