揪住不放 撵都撵不走
“He kept buzzing around. It was impossible to get rid of him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就像个苍蝇一样
“was like a fly.”
揪住不放 撵都撵不走
“He kept buzzing around. It was impossible to get rid of him.”
“Did you kill Lu Han... No.”
“This guy is a massive nuisance and won't back off no matter what we do.”
Calling an investigator a 'fly' and using '撵' (ordinarily used for stray animals or pests) objectifies and dehumanizes the target, signaling potential criminal retaliation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to latch onto something and refuse to let go / to dwell relentlessly on an issue
An idiomatic expression describing someone who tenaciously pursues a fault, lead, or mistake without relenting.
impossible to shoo away / refuses to leave despite efforts
A colloquial northern Chinese construction using verb repetition with '都' to stress absolute stubbornness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“held it against us, wouldn't we be penny wise and pound foolish?”
“I can't hold on anymore! Help!”
“- Pull it tight. - Peng Batian is leading - Pull it flat. - the Baiji Society,”
“if someone holds on to it, it's very likely”
“Control yourself!”
“If we lock it down, we can take them all in one sweep. There are so few of us.”