何苦非要偷偷去查当年的事？
“Why bother sneaking around and looking into what happened back then?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
放着安安稳稳尊贵的日子不过
“Why don't you live an easy life in peace?”
何苦 非要 偷偷 去查 当年的事？
“Why bother sneaking around and looking into what happened back then?”
到底是个女流 遇到大事就犯蠢
“That's typical of women. When things get real, you lose your head.”
“You are bringing unnecessary trouble and danger upon yourself.”
In traditional pragmatic wisdom, stirring up sealed past controversies is viewed as foolish self-endangerment rather than noble justice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why bother; why make such unnecessary trouble
A rhetorical adverb used to criticize or advise someone against taking a painful, unrewarding course of action.
events of that year; what happened back then
A common phrase in narrative contexts referring to significant, often sensitive past events or secrets.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're not trying to seek the truth here.”
“(Tianhai Public Safety Command Center) (Wasn't that case cleared a long time ago?) (Why won't she just let it go?)”
“have you made any progress on the matter I asked you to investigate?”
“Of course, it will be investigated.”
“But I have to discover the truth.”
“You're not going to investigate a case at all.”