昨儿晚 谭镇长被人给刺伤了
“Mr. Tan was stabbed last night.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我什么意思你不知道吗
“Don't you know what I'm implying?”
昨儿 晚 谭镇长被人给刺伤了
“Mr. Tan was stabbed last night.”
谁干的呀
“Who did it?”
“Someone attacked Mayor Tan last night, so you should understand why things are dangerous right now.”
Township leaders (镇长) hold substantial local executive sway, making physical attacks against them major political shocks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
last night
A colloquial northern Chinese contraction of 昨天晚上, commonly heard in spoken drama.
was ... by someone
A common colloquial passive construction combining the passive marker 被 and the emphatic verbal particle 给.
Marks the completion of the stabbing action and announces a newly realized critical situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Last night, there was such a fuss.”
“Mr. Tan! Mr. Tan! Come take a look!”
“Slow down, Mr. Tan. It's okay.”
“Was it you who did that to Mr. Tan?”
“Mr. Wang spoke quite anxiously,”
“Look at the mess you've made! Right. Mr. Tan, calm down.”