你是说警察是从枫林晚
“You're saying the police tracked you down”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你等会儿
“Wait a minute.”
你是说 警察是从枫林晚
“You're saying the police tracked you down”
查到你头上的
“through Fenglinwan?”
“Wait, did they really trace this whole thing back to you through that place?”
In urgent or suspenseful Chinese conversational contexts, speakers often break compound sentences across turns to process alarming details piece by piece.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Are you saying / Do you mean
A highly common conversational starter used to clarify, verify, or react with disbelief to an interlocutor's statement.
started from / originated from
Used to pinpoint the exact origin, starting point, or breakthrough of an action or investigation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You said the police are looking for a man and a woman”
“You didn't spout any nonsense, did you?”
“Police. We have some questions for you.”
“You say you're a cop? Like anyone's gonna believe that. Yeah, right.”
“The courtyard must be crawling with cops right now.”
“Wait till the cops are out of sight.”