从什么时候开始吸毒的
“When did you start taking drugs?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不知道你在说什么
“I don't know what you're talking about.”
从什么时候开始 吸毒 的
“When did you start taking drugs?”
什么吸毒 你姐
“What drugs? Your sister”
“Drop the act; I am only interested in when this started, not whether you did it.”
Chinese police interrogations often bypass asking whether a crime occurred and directly ask about timing or accomplices to trap suspects into tacit admission.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since when / starting from when
Standard pattern for inquiring about the starting point of an ongoing activity or habit.
to take illicit drugs
Formal and everyday Chinese legal term for narcotics consumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When did you start smoking?”
“Since when?”
“when”
“So, when did you stop”
“You're drinking at this moment?”
“I don't know that many drug addicts.”