还说不说让别人帮你报警 不报警了
“will you still ask them to call the police for you? No more calling the police.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
再聊天的时候
“During your chats,”
还说 不说让别人 帮你 报警 不报警了
“will you still ask them to call the police for you? No more calling the police.”
“Admit you've learned your lesson and promise you won't involve the cops, or else.”
Repetitive rhetorical questions combined with echoed negative answers are classic linguistic tools of intimidation in colloquial Chinese.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
call the police / report to the police
Standard collocation used in emergency and legal situations.
will you still say... / are you still daring to say...
A rhetorical bullying pattern used to force someone to retract a statement or threat.
Marks a completed change of state or decision to desist from calling the police.