你可以交代真相了吗?
“can you tell the truth?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
事到如今
“now that it's come to this,”
你可以 交代真相 了吗?
“can you tell the truth?”
我跟徐萌
“Xu Meng and I”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term 'jiaodai' carries deep social and legal weight in Chinese, implying full transparency, accountability, and the admission of responsibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To confess the truth / to come clean.
Commonly used in formal investigations or serious confrontations when demanding an accounting of events.
Indicates a new state or critical turning point where confession has now become unavoidable.
Marks a direct yes-no question with an underlying authoritative push for compliance.