比起进贼 更像是闹了耗子
“It's more like rats than thieves.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么东西都没丢
“Nothing was stolen.”
比起进贼 更像是 闹了耗子
“It's more like rats than thieves.”
不过这耗子
“But the rats”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese detective and domestic tropes, strange disruptions with minor damages are often jokingly or metaphorically compared to pests before uncovering the true culprit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rather than... it seems more like...
A highly useful comparative formula used when drawing a more accurate conclusion between two possibilities.
suffer a rat problem; have a rodent infestation
Colloquial northern expression using '闹' to describe trouble caused by pests, ghosts, or natural disasters.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But once you're in here, you walk briskly like an eager visitor.”
“No ordinary petty thief could get in.”
“(Let alone a person, not even a mouse could slip through.)”
“Like you were projecting.”
“It means if I see a villain's sheep,”
“and may life get better with every bite.”