必须得查查这个孙八坊
“We have to look into this Sun "Eight Wards".”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那人很有可能 是孙之望请来掩人耳目的
“That "owner" was likely hired by Sun Zhiwang to throw people off.”
必须得查查 这个 孙八坊
“We have to look into this Sun "Eight Wards".”
这次不拜访 咱们直接上门拿人 拿人太粗鲁了
“This time, no visit. Let's go straight in and take him. "Take him" is a bit rough.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese crime dramas and bureaucratic investigations, zeroing in on key intermediaries is critical when dealing with powerful figures who use fronts to shield themselves.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must; have to; absolutely need to
Combines '必须' and spoken '得' (děi) to express forceful necessity or firm determination.
look into; investigate; check out
Verb reduplication used in spoken Chinese to soften the command while expressing an intention to inspect or look into someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sun Mao must have discovered something,”
“What is the Eighth Branch doing?”
“to hang out with that girl from the Eighth Branch.”
“and hung out with that girl from their eighth branch.”
“But the more I look at her, the more she looks like Eighth Master Li's granddaughter.”
“that girl from the Eighth Branch stole all the spotlight. [Tian Jiangyue, Second daughter-in-law of the Seventh Branch, Li Jingqi's wife]”