- 麻烦你了 - 你需要搜查令
“- If you please. - You need a warrant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
两届奥运会 一届世界杯、还有四位首相之前
“two Olympics, one World Cup, and four prime ministers ago.”
- 麻烦你了 - 你需 要 搜查令
“- If you please. - You need a warrant.”
只是需要确认一下 又不是50公斤的可卡因
“It's just confirmation. It's not 50 kilos of cocaine.”
“Don't try to sweet-talk your way in; show me official authorization or leave.”
Polite formulaic language like '麻烦你了' is frequently used strategically in Chinese interpersonal dynamics to subtly obligate the other person to cooperate before they can say no.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sorry to trouble you / thank you for your help
A highly versatile polite formula used when asking someone for assistance or pre-emptively smoothing over an imposition.
search warrant
Standard legal term used in crime fiction and law enforcement contexts.
Functions here to soften the polite formula '麻烦你' and mark the completed action of putting someone out.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We'll use that as grounds to apply for a search warrant. Is there a problem?”
“Mr. Jen wants to investigate Kuo Ta-fu. Here's a search warrant.”
“Without a warrant, no one is allowed to touch it.”
“We could apply for a search warrant.”
“Wasn't it a search?”
“We don't have a search warrant. Do you wanna get sued?”