但是寻人并非他所长
“but tracking people is not his strong suit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虽然有两下子
“he does have some skill,”
但是 寻人 并非 他所长
“but tracking people is not his strong suit.”
你有办法
“Do you have a way?”
“Don't count on him to track anyone down; we need another plan.”
Chinese pragmatics values acknowledging specialized competence (术业有专攻) rather than assuming a capable person can solve all problems.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to search for a missing person
A concise formal compound for finding people, seen in announcements or mission contexts.
not one's forte; outside one's area of expertise
A polite, idiomatic formula (X 并非 Y 所长) used to point out someone's weakness without being overly blunt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So you can't find him.”
“But this person has never been found.”
“If the person we find”
“But we're not who you're looking for.”
“at this huge military camp.”
“It's worse when you can't find clues.”