当年你不说？ 警官
“Why didn't you report it at the time? Officer,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当时啊 我记下那个人了
“I took note of that person back then.”
当年你不说 ？ 警官
“Why didn't you report it at the time? Officer,”
我只是个小老百姓嘛
“I'm just an ordinary citizen.”
“If you really knew this back then, why on earth did you keep your mouth shut until now?”
Ordinary citizens in China historically often avoided getting involved in criminal affairs to prevent trouble, making police officers instinctively question late disclosures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back in those years; at that time
Commonly used to refer to events that took place years ago, often carrying a reflective or interrogative nuance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you tell me you had a police officer classmate?”
“it's better to tell them from the start that I used to be a cop.”
“[Ta-fu] I didn't know he was an officer.”
“Why didn't you...”