还耽误我们那么长时间
“You cops can't solve the case, and now you're wasting our time?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You cops can't solve the case, and now you're wasting our time?”
还 耽误我 们那么长 时间
“You cops can't solve the case, and now you're wasting our time?”
“Isn't this just wasting taxpayers' money?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Modern Chinese urbanites increasingly appeal to taxpayers' rights and public accountability when expressing dissatisfaction with law enforcement services.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
and also held us up / and delayed us
Used when adding an extra grievance on top of an existing complaint to emphasize inconvenience.
such a long time
A spoken intensifier used to exaggerate or underscore an unreasonable duration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What does it matter if the wedding is delayed by two years?”
“That bureaucratic process will take forever! Right now,”
“we've still lost quite a bit of time.”
“You've delayed us for so long. Sorry, sorry. I didn't know.”
“so I was delayed in my palace.”
“so it took some time.”
“You're holding up our business now, okay?”