说是要问拆迁的事
“He wanted to ask about the demolition.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Officer Zhu just stopped me at the gate.”
说是要问拆迁的事
“He wanted to ask about the demolition.”
“Why is Zhu so hard to shake off?”
“He claimed he was asking about the demolition, but who knows what he's really after.”
Urban demolition and relocation (拆迁) is a frequent source of tense legal, financial, and policing scrutiny in modern China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
claiming that (they) want to; said they would
A spoken reporting device indicating that the reason given was claimed by a third party, often leaving room for skepticism.
the matter regarding demolition and relocation
Commonly used in daily and legal contexts when discussing urban renewal, real estate redevelopment, or compensation disputes.