曹队 船要开了
“Captain Cao, the yacht is leaving.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这种事必须面谈
“You'd better talk to them face to face.”
曹队 船要开了
“Captain Cao, the yacht is leaving.”
“Tell all departments to get ready. [Jinghai Public Security Bureau Command Center] Wait for An Xin's signal.”
“Time is running out, give the order now or we'll lose them.”
Addressing a team leader by surname plus abbreviated title (曹队 for Captain Cao) is standard professional protocol in Chinese enforcement agencies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
about to leave / about to depart
A common structure using '要...了' to indicate an event that is on the verge of happening immediately.
Combined with '要' to denote an imminent change of state or imminent action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“our boat has left.”
“Sir, cast off.”
“So far, no problems. Okay. How about I get on your coast guard boat first?”
“we are on the same boat.”
“Captain Xiao can handle all of those with the team. They don't need me.”
“No matter who you are, just be ready to weather the storm.”