还是你们警察靠得住啊
“you police are the ones I can count on.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还是 你们警察 靠得住 啊
“you police are the ones I can count on.”
“Boss, that doesn't sound like a compliment.”
“Nobody else could handle this mess, but you guys actually came through.”
Using '还是' (after all) implies others failed or prior doubts existed, which can make sincere praise sound slightly patronizing or awkward to the listener.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
turns out ... is indeed reliable
Used to express validation after comparison, meaning 'after all, X is the one you can count on'.
reliable; dependable
Everyday spoken predicate indicating trustworthiness under pressure.
Adds emotional warmth and exclamation to the realization.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you police believe in this?”
“are you worthy of being a cop?”
“You say you're a cop? Like anyone's gonna believe that. Yeah, right.”
“Your job is not easy at all.”
“I'm really at my wits' end with you cops.”
“If you trust us police,”