所以我儿子真的犯了法
“If my son really broke the law,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
咱们是警察
“We are the police.”
所以 我儿子 真的 犯了法
“If my son really broke the law,”
你们该抓抓
“you should arrest him”
“I will not shield him; if he is guilty, do your duty.”
Chinese culture places immense value on family loyalty, so verbally stepping aside to let authorities arrest one's child demonstrates a painful moral surrender to civic duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
broke the law; committed a crime
Standard idiomatic phrase used to describe unlawful actions in daily spoken Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My son could never commit a crime!”
“Your son will become a prisoner and go to jail.”
“do you think I'd call the polis on my own son”
“He has suffered a lot.”
“Look, what has your son done?”
“Is it illegal? No, it's legit.”