都已经成了一个笑柄了
“at Sanjiangkou Public Security Bureau.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
三江口市公安局
“has become a joke”
都已经 成了 一个 笑柄 了
“at Sanjiangkou Public Security Bureau.”
是
“Yeah.”
“We have disgraced ourselves and everyone is mocking us.”
In Chinese institutional culture, becoming a 'laughingstock' (笑柄) represents a catastrophic loss of institutional face and public authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to become a laughingstock
Used when an individual or organization makes a blunder that leads to widespread public ridicule.
Marks a completed change of state and adds an emphatic, exasperated finality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“20 years has all become a joke.”
“I'm just a joke now.”
“would be a joke then?”
“turned out to be ridiculous.”