什么档案馆 这里是南洋海事督办府
“What Archives? This is the Nanyang Maritime Supervisory Office.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Have you heard of it? Never heard of it.”
什么档案馆 这里是南洋 海事督办府
“What Archives? This is the Nanyang Maritime Supervisory Office.”
是这样啊
“Here's the thing.”
“You have the wrong place; do not insult this prestigious official bureau by calling it a mere archive.”
In Chinese administrative hierarchy, confusing an authoritative regulatory bureau with a routine archival office is perceived as an affront to its status and authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what (used rhetorically to dismiss or reject a premise)
Prefixing a noun with this word in spoken Chinese serves to abruptly reject or scoff at what the other person just claimed.
this place is...
A foundational structure used to introduce, declare, or clarify the identity of a current location.