现在咱们把时间花在这俩人身上
“Spending our time on these two”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们两个就是烟雾弹
“can be ruled out. They're just red herrings.”
现 在 咱们 把时间花在 这俩人 身上
“Spending our time on these two”
完全就是白费 你知不知道
“is a complete waste.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Among close working partners, blunt disagreement about tactical missteps is expressed openly to prevent shared failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
spend time on (someone)
A highly useful collocation using the 把 structure to describe investing time or effort into specific people.
these two people
A common spoken northern abbreviation of 两个人.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When we both have time off,”
“(When we both have time off,)”
“when did those two get to this stage?”
“we are the only parents left.”
“Enough for us to live it up for a while.”
“Then it's just our private world.”
“It's just the two of us now.”
“Today, I'll beat both of you! Stop!”
“It seems that the two of us do have quite a bit of fate between us.”