他不是进去了吗 陆鸣别跟我们装傻啊
“Isn't he in prison? Lu Ming, don't play dumb with us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们说是那个船厂那马德荣
“You mean Ma Derong from the shipyard?”
他 不是 进去了 吗 陆鸣别跟我们 装傻 啊
“Isn't he in prison? Lu Ming, don't play dumb with us.”
“No, I'm cooperating, aren't I?”
“You know exactly what happened, so stop lying to our faces.”
The euphemism 'jin qu' (to go inside) is universally understood across mainland China as doing prison time, avoiding explicit mentions of arrest or detention.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
went to prison; got locked up
A common spoken euphemism for being arrested or sentenced to jail.
play dumb; act oblivious
Used in direct confrontations when calling out someone deliberately concealing the truth.
Forms a rhetorical question confirming a known fact.
Adds an assertive, warning undertone to the directive.
