哪有心思吃饭哪 那破案咱得吃饭
“We don't get time for dinner. The case can wait. Go have dinner.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Can't you see we're busy here? The murderer is still at large.”
哪有心思 吃饭 哪 那 破案 咱得 吃饭
“We don't get time for dinner. The case can wait. Go have dinner.”
叔叔
“Sir,”
“I know you're stressed about the case, but you won't solve anything on an empty stomach.”
The saying 'people are iron, rice is steel' reflects the Chinese cultural consensus that bodily nourishment cannot be skipped even during critical duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to not be in the mood for; to have no mental bandwidth for
A rhetorical phrase used to convey complete preoccupation with more urgent worries.
to solve a criminal case
Standard collocation in legal and police contexts referring to concluding an investigation.
Enhances the rhetorical frustration and disbelief in the first half of the statement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How can you not be interested? You're still young.”
“My treat! What treat?”
“Eat more, just focus on your plate.”
“I have no energy left to pity you.”
“when something this big happened to my family?”
“You only care about yourself!”