那杜若还抓不抓
“but are we still arresting Du Ruo?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
恕下官愚钝
“forgive my ignorance,”
那 杜 若 还抓不抓
“but are we still arresting Du Ruo?”
为何抓她
“Why would we arrest her?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In hierarchical bureaucracies, subordinates must refrain from taking unilateral enforcement actions and explicitly seek clearance from their superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
are we still arresting (them) or not
A common 'V-not-V' structure used to prompt a decision about whether an action should proceed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you think we can't catch another one?”
“Did you catch anyone? No,”
“so you can't arrest him.”
“Or I can still lock you up!”
“Once we catch them, we'll ask and know.”
“can't pull it off alone.”