明知那个警察在调查我们的事
“She knew clearly that the cop was investigating us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她呢？
“But what about her?”
明知 那个 警察在 调查 我们的事
“She knew clearly that the cop was investigating us,”
还跟他在一起
“yet she still stayed with him.”
“She knew full well he was looking into us, yet she still stayed with him—is she out of her mind or betraying us?”
In Chinese collective dynamics, especially in illicit or underground factions, associating with an external enforcer represents a severe breach of collective trust.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
knowing full well / knowingly
Used before a fact to imply that a person deliberately did something wrong or foolish despite being fully aware of the consequences.
investigating our affairs / looking into our business
A colloquial way in criminal or confidential contexts to refer to sensitive or illicit undertakings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Officer Lu Han was in charge of this case. Do you still remember him?”
“If that's true, what do we need police for?”
“Our investigator has been working hard for so long.”
“that knew a lot about a lot of police personnel?”
“You may have noticed that talk of the Lingards and the Jennings is a sore subject for the constable.”
“What do you want to investigate, officers?”
“What we're doing... the cops will find out sooner or later.”