前不久我们队里 查出来一个有问题的同事
“Not long ago, we found a problematic colleague in our team”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Zhao Ping?”
前不久我们队里 查出来 一个 有问题的 同事
“Not long ago, we found a problematic colleague in our team”
“named Zhao Ping. How is he problematic?”
“We caught a mole or a corrupt officer in our squad very recently.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and public-service contexts, official wrongdoing or treason is often discreetly phrased as 'having problems' before formal legal charges or public disclosures are made.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not long ago; recently
A very common time expression in spoken Chinese to introduce past events that occurred in the near past.
problematic; suspicious; compromised
A polite or indirect euphemism used in Chinese organizational settings to imply someone committed illicit or questionable deeds.
Marks the completion of the action of investigating and identifying the problematic person.
