看到信用社跑出来几个人
“and seeing some people running out of there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I just remember hearing several gunshots”
看到 信用社 跑出来几个人
“and seeing some people running out of there.”
“That's all in the past. What do you mean by bringing this up now?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese legal culture, ordinary witnesses recount dramatic events in plain, matter-of-fact sensory fragments (I heard..., I saw...) to maintain perceived neutrality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
run out (towards the speaker)
Directional complement indicating movement from inside to outside approaching the observer.
a few people; several individuals
Common approximate quantifier used when the exact number was uncounted or unclear.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“One witness even got scared out of his mind.”
“From them entering the credit union to leaving,”
“besides the credit union staff,”
“Less than 200 meters away from the credit union.”
“Something happened at the bank too?”
“Did you rob a bank?”