才摸清楚他们的组织架构
“to figure out their organizational structure.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就像之前说的 我们用了五年
“As I said before, it took us the whole 5 years”
才 摸清楚 他们的组织架构
“to figure out their organizational structure.”
这个交易链
“This trading chain”
“It took us five long years just to map them out, so we cannot afford to act rashly now.”
In Chinese law enforcement drama narratives, cracking organized crime syndicates is framed as an arduous multi-year endeavor requiring immense patience and meticulous intelligence-gathering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to figure out thoroughly; to get to the bottom of
A common spoken compound verb combining '摸' (feel/grope) and '清楚' (clear), used when investigating complex situations or uncovering hidden facts.
organizational structure
A standard professional collocation used in both business and police investigations to describe chain of command and operational hierarchy.
