那些晃来晃去的日本特务怎么办
“those Japanese spies hanging around outside our house?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
送她离开上海的路径都安排好了 那咱家门口
“The route to send her out of Shanghai is all arranged. Then what about”
那些 晃来晃去 的日本特务 怎么办
“those Japanese spies hanging around outside our house?”
他们晚上七点钟换班 我利用这个时间
“They change shifts at seven o'clock tonight. I will use this time”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Terms like '特务' (secret agents) combined with descriptive verbs like '晃来晃去' are staples in Chinese wartime dramas to evoke omnipresent surveillance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
prowling or wandering back and forth
A vivid reduplicated phrase describing suspicious, restless movement.
what should be done about...?
Standard high-frequency spoken phrase used to demand a concrete solution to a problem.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you afraid of Japanese spies?”
“How did you get mixed up with that Japanese man?”
“...that a special envoy has come from Tokyo.”
“...wanting to fight the Japanese.”
“They might even be enemies or spies.”
“we were surrounded by the Japanese.”