你们一直在调查小辉是吧
“investigating Hui all this time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这段时间
“that you've been”
你们 一直在调查 小辉 是吧
“investigating Hui all this time.”
这次是市局在调查他
“It's the municipal PSB investigating him.”
“Don't bother hiding it anymore; I know you have been tracking Xiaohui.”
In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, framing a confrontation with a tag question like '是吧' provides an opening for the other party to clarify before outright accusing them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all along; continuously
Used before a verb to emphasize an uninterrupted action persisting over a period of time.
right?; isn't it?
A common tag placed at the end of a statement to seek agreement or verify a strong assumption.
Softens the inquiry while indicating the speaker already strongly presumes the answer is yes.