把小区里里外外刨了个遍
“tearing through the whole complex, searching everywhere.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
冉警官像发了疯
“Officer Ran went like a man possessed,”
把小区 里里外外 刨了个遍
“tearing through the whole complex, searching everywhere.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese criminal procedural narratives, portraying police searches as turning an entire residential compound upside down highlights the relentless tenacity of local public security officers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inside and out; thoroughly
A reduplicated idiom used to emphasize that every corner of a space or every detail of an issue has been covered.
dug up entirely; searched upside down
Colloquial verb complement structure indicating a thorough, aggressive physical search of an entire area.
Functions as an aspect marker indicating the completion of the thorough search action.
