这些人贼得很 早跑了
“These people are very sly. They had run off long ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
枪手被抓到 是要判刑的
“If a gunman is caught, he gets sentenced.”
这些人 贼得很 早跑了
“These people are very sly. They had run off long ago.”
“Officer, please give us some water. Give us some water.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In northern Mandarin, 'zei' can function as an adjective meaning sly or crafty, or as an intensifier meaning extremely, showing colorful grass-roots vernacular.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely cunning / very sly
Northern/dialectal colloquialism describing someone exceptionally slippery, sly, or street-smart.
already ran away long ago
Emphasizes that an escape happened well before the current moment, rendering chase efforts futile.
Indicates a completed change of state, highlighting that the culprits are already gone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but some”
“If there's a chance to catch those bandits”
“Don't let a single criminal escape!”
“escape from this den of thieves?”
“You are back so soon. I thought there was a burglary.”
“You sneaked in here like a thief this early”