它怎么跑到咱们这么个小地方来
“how did it end up in a small place like this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
海外的违禁品
“Since it's an overseas banned substance,”
它 怎么 跑到咱们 这么个小地方 来
“how did it end up in a small place like this?”
对了
“By the way,”
“Something abnormal is going on; high-profile contraband shouldn't be here unless there's a big operation.”
Locals often refer to their own city as an insignificant 'small place' (小地方) when surprised that major transnational crime or national attention reaches them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ended up coming to; wound up in
Used colloquially to express surprise or disbelief that an object or person has traveled to an unexpected location.
small town; modest/insignificant place
A common modest descriptor used to contrast a local area with large cities or important hubs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why name it the "Little Savage Tribe"?”
“and came here looking for it. What were we supposed to do?”
“It made us run to such a distant place for nothing.”
“Wherever we went, they followed.”
“We all came to help. Why did you all come in here?”
“How did he end up at the grassroots level?”