打架斗殴 往大里说
“(Host: Police Office) On the serious side, fighting”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为什么打人
“Why did you hit him?”
打架 斗殴 往大里说
“(Host: Police Office) On the serious side, fighting”
那可是刑事犯罪
“is a criminal offense.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese law enforcement and mediation, figures of authority deliberately elevate an offense to formal criminal terminology ('往大里说') to shock wrongdoers into compliance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
brawling / fighting
A standard semi-formal idiom used by authorities and police to denote public physical violence.
to look at it in serious terms / to put it gravely
A conversational framing phrase used before escalating a situation to its most serious possible interpretation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who started this fight?”
“He used to fight a lot when he was young ♪ Find the sleepy poet ♪”
“What are you talking about? How is that just a fight?”
“Later on, you never know, there might be a citizen who needs our help.”
“But you fought for a top beauty!”
“Look. They heard about the fight. Take a look.”
“Are you trying to fight? Come on!”
“and fought harder than me.”
“Why did you get into a fight?”
“Does your grandma know you're fighting out here?”
“Those people who have fought with you? I'll sue you.”
“Kids fight and it's inevitable.”
“of fighting came from his chamber.”