不是早都结案了吗？
“Wasn't it closed long ago?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不就是徐家父女的那个案子吗？
“Isn't that the Xu father-daughter case?”
不是 早都结案了 吗 ？
“Wasn't it closed long ago?”
“Why would Uncle Ran write this?”
“That matter is already settled, so why are we still talking about it?”
Using a negative rhetorical question ('不是...吗') is a common communicative strategy to politely challenge an interlocutor's focus on past settled events.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already long ago
A colloquial intensifier used before a predicate to stress that something occurred much earlier than expected.
to close a case
A standard legal term referring to the formal conclusion of a judicial or investigative matter.
Forms a rhetorical yes-no question that expresses disbelief or seeks confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wasn't this case already settled through mediation?”
“(Tianhai Public Safety Command Center) (Wasn't that case cleared a long time ago?) (Why won't she just let it go?)”