你特警队出身你怕啥 那都是以前的事了
“You were in the SWAT team; what are you afraid of? That's in the past.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你 特警队出身 你怕啥 那 都 是 以前 的事了
“You were in the SWAT team; what are you afraid of? That's in the past.”
“I'm afraid I'll disgrace our team. So you mean,”
“You have the skills, stop backing out! Don't bring up my past, it doesn't mean I can still do it.”
Peers often bolster each other by citing past pedigree, while Chinese cultural norms demand the individual downplay past glory to avoid seeming boastful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
comes from a background of ...
Attached directly to an organization, profession, or class to denote origin or foundational training.
that's all in the past
A standard phrase used to downplay former achievements or dismiss historical baggage.
Colloquial northern pronoun functioning as 'what', giving the rhetorical question a blunt, down-to-earth flavor.
Indicates a completed temporal state emphasizing that the past is over.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He used to be in the SWAT team too.”
“Why did you vanish when the police came?”
“He's so afraid that you'll cooperate with the police.”
“I didn't expect you to become a police officer.”
“Do you want to join the police force and make use of your talent?”
“I knew you were a cop.”