你没看新闻 那都是过去式了
“Didn't you watch the news? That's in the past.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
贩 贩毒那个案子是吗
“drug... drug trafficking case?”
你没 看新闻 那都是 过去式 了
“Didn't you watch the news? That's in the past.”
又在这弄 警民一家亲的在这 静姐
“There you go again, playing "cops and civilians— one big family." Wenjing,”
“That's old news; stop dwelling on it and move on.”
Chiding someone with '你没看新闻' assumes public media coverage should be common knowledge among professionals, serving to swiftly shut down obsolete discussions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a thing of the past / past tense
Borrowed from grammar terminology to colloquially mean something is over and irrelevant.
to watch the news / stay informed
Often used rhetorically as '你没看新闻?' to imply someone is out of the loop.
Marks a completed transition, emphasizing that the matter has definitively become history.
